MCQs in Tropical Medicine

Rob Skelly DTM+H FRCP

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Fever and diarrhoea

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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.