Table 1 Correlation between etiopathogenesis and diarrheal syndrome

From: Gastroenteritis and Intractable Diarrhea in Newborns

Type of diarrheal syndrome
Noninflammatory	Inflammatory
Watery – diarrhea	Bloody – diarrhea (dysentery)
Vibrio cholerae	Shigella spp
E. coli (ETEC, EPEC, EAEC)	E. coli (EIEC, EHEC)
Viruses (Rotavirus et al.)	NT Salmonella ^{a, b}
Giardia lamblia	Campylobacter jejuni ^a
Cryptosporidium parvum	Clostridium difficile ^a
	Yersinia spp
	Entamoeba hystolitica

^aThe attribution of specific enteric infections to a single type of diarrheal syndrome is by no means absolute. Some pathogens could determine both kinds of diarrhea (watery or bloody)
^b NT Salmonella nontyphoidal Salmonella

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