Clinical syndrome | Common pathogens | Comments |
Acute watery diarrhea | Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) | Most common cause of acute watery diarrhea |
Vibrio cholerae O1 or O139 | ||
Norovirus | Vomiting may be a prominent feature | |
Campylobacter species | ||
Nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica | ||
Aeromonas species | ||
Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) | ||
Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis | ||
Acute bloody diarrhea | Shigella species | Most common cause of acute bloody diarrhea |
Campylobacter species | ||
Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) | ||
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) | ||
Nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica | Rare | |
Entamoeba histolytica | ||
Schistosoma mansoni |
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