Answer 58 - Fever and diarrhoea
The following may present with fever and diarrhoea
True a. malaria
False b. Entamoeba coli
True c. dengue
True d. Campylobacter enteritis
True e. brucellosis
Table 58.1
| Some infections causing fever and diarrhoea |
| "Gastrointestinal" infections |
“Non-gastrointestinal" infections |
Shigella
Campylobacter
E.coli (invasive)
Entamoeba histolytica
rotavirus
salmonella |
malaria
dengue
scrub typhus
leptospirosis
brucellosis
|
Organisms producing diarrhoea via toxins do not usually cause fever:
V.cholera
Bacillus cereus
Clostridium perfringens
Entamoeba coli is non-pathogenic to man.
