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Shigellosis Differential Diagnoses
Author: Joyann A Kroser, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF; Chief Editor: Julian Katz, MD more...
Updated: May 23, 2013
Differential Diagnoses
Amebiasis
Campylobacter Infections
Cholera
Clostridium Difficile Colitis
Colon Cancer, Adenocarcinoma
Crohn Disease
Cryptosporidiosis
Escherichia Coli Infections
Gastroenteritis, Bacterial
Gastroenteritis, Viral
Pseudomembranous Colitis
Salmonellosis
Ulcerative ColitisYersinia Enterocolitica
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Joyann A Kroser, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine,
Gastroenterology, and Hepatology, Drexel University College of Medicine
Joyann A Kroser, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF is a member of the following medical societies:Alpha Omega
Alpha,American College of Gastroenterology,American College of Physicians,American Gastroenterological
Association,American Medical Association,American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Crohns and
Colitis Foundation of America, Pennsylvania Medical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, and Philadelphia CountyMedical Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Specialty Editor Board
Ronnie Fass, MD, FACP, FACG Chief of Gastroenterology, Head of Neuroenteric Clinical Research Group,
Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System; Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology,
University of Arizona School of Medicine
Ronnie Fass, MD, FACP, FACG is a member of the following medical societies:American College of
Gastroenterology ,American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine,American
Gastroenterological Association,American Motility Society ,American Society for Gastrointest inal Endoscopy,and Israel Medical Association
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Julian Katz, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine
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American College of Physicians,American Gastroenterological Association,American Geriatrics Society ,
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