Differential diagnose in a child presenting with diarrhea
DIAGNOSE
IN FAVOUR
Acute (watery) diarrhea
• > 3 loose stools per day • No blood in stools
Cholera
• Profuse watery siarhea with severe dehydration during cholera outbreak. • Positive stool culture for vibrio cholera O1 or O139
Dysentery
• Blood mixed with the stools (seen or reported).
Persistent diarrhea
• Diarrhea lasting >14 hari
Diarrhea with severe malnutrition
• Any diarrhea with signs of severe cute malnutrition.
Diarrhea associated with recent antibiotics use
• Recent course of broad-spectrum oral
Intussusception
• Blood and mucus in stools • Abdominal mass • Attacks crying with pallor in infant