Diarrhea

Diarrhea by toxin

B. cereus

1-6 hrs

rice

S. aureus

2-4 hrs

C. botulinum

5-15 hrs

canned food

Diarrhea by infection

Salmonella

6-48 hrs

poultry

C. perfringens

9-15 hrs

Vibrio parahemolyticus

10-24 hrs

shellfish

Norwalk virus

10-48 hrs; lasts 1-2 days

ice cubes, brownies

Shigella

12-48 hrs

scant, bloody, pseudomembranes, HUS

Rotavirus

1-3 days; lasts -8days

vomiting then diarrhea,

#1 killer in kids, #1 diarrhea in kids

Hepatitis A

10-45 days

shellfish

Trichinella spiralis

3-30 days

pork

Entameba histolytica

Vibrio cholerae

adenylate cyclase activation, rice-water stool, seafood, hypokalemia

Adenovirus

Yersinia enterolyticus

bloody

Vibrio cholera

rice water stool

EPEC

mild, infants

ETEC

Traveller's

EIEC

EHEC

O157:H7, hamburger, HUS

Cryptosporidium

gay bowel syndrome

Giardia

foul smelling diarrhea