likely causes of inflammatory diarrhea
- Inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, diverticulitis, ulcerative jejunoileitis)
- Infectious diseases (pseudomembranous colitis, invasive bacterial infections [tuberculosis, yersiniosis], ulcerating viral infections [cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex], invasive parasitic infections [amebiasis, strongyloides])
- Ischemic colitis
- Radiation colitis
- Neoplasia (colon cancer, lymphoma)
