Gastroenteritis buzzwords Flashcards by Stephanie Harris | Brainscape

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Eastern Europe/Russia + foul-smelling flatus

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Giardia lamblia

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“Rice water” diarrhoea

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Vibrio cholerae

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Immunocompromised + toxic megacolon

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Cryptosporidium

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Crypt abscesses

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UC (DDx for gastroenteritis)

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Bloody diarrhoea, elderly, arteropath

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Ischaemic colitis (DDx for gastroenteritis)

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Dysentery (2)

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Shigella, Entamoeba histolytica

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