AGE 急性腸胃炎

In children, acute diarrhea is divided with fever & bloody stool:

1. Bloody, febrile diarrhea: bacterial enteritis, pseudomembranous colitis
2. Bloody, afebrile diarrhea: intussusception(currant jelly stool), hemolytic uremic symptoms, pseudomembranous colitis, viral enteritis
3. Non-bloody diarrhea (febrile/afebrile): viral enteritis

Food poisoning: timing of symptoms is important

1. Within 6 hours: Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus
2. At 8~16 hours: Clostridium perfringens
3. More than 16 hours: viral or bacterial infection
4. Diarrhea→ fever→ headache/ muscle aches: Listeria monocytogenes