Table 1.
Differential diagnosis of diarrhea in SOT patients
Infectious | |
Viral | Cytomegalovirus, rotavirus, norovirus, herpesviruses, adenovirus |
Bacterial | Escherichia coli (shiga toxin–producing strains), Salmonella, Shigella, Clostridium difficile, Yersinia, Campylobacter, Vibrio |
Parasite | Cryptosporidia, Isospora, Cyclospora, Giardia |
Fungal | Microsporidia |
Noninfectious | |
Medications | Antibiotics, azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil, sirolimus, tacrolimus |
Other | Idiopathic enteritis or colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease, graft-vs-host disease |