What disorders and infections are associated with inflammatory diarrhea?
- Inflammatory diarrhea is generally associated with disorders that cause mucosal disruption.
- Mucosal compromise may be due to a primary (IBD) or secondary (invasive infectious organism) process. Invasive infectious agents associated with diarrhea include Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC; O157:H7), enteroinvasive E. coli, and other Shiga toxin–producing E. coli (STEC), C. difficile, E. histolytica, and Yersinia enterocolitica.
- Noninfectious causes of inflammatory diarrhea include ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, radiation enteritis, ischemic and vascular diseases, and diverticulitis.