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Goljan makes a big point about classifying diarrhea into Invasive, Secretory and Osmotic. In his RR book, this classification is followed up by a page-long table listing the different bugs that cause diarrhea and specific features of each (eg, rotavirus is the MCC of diarrhea in kids and usually occurs in winter).
In this table, there is no attempt to group the different bugs into either the invasive or secretory types of diarrhea. I tried to group the bugs causing diarrhea into invasive/secretory diarrhea, but then wondered if there is any point to it. Does this neat classification of the mechanisms of diarrhea of any real clinical applicability? Is so, why didn't Goljan point out which were secretory and which were invasive in the table of bugs causing diarrhea (page 213, Table 17-4, 2004 Edition of Goljan's Rapid Review).
In this table, there is no attempt to group the different bugs into either the invasive or secretory types of diarrhea. I tried to group the bugs causing diarrhea into invasive/secretory diarrhea, but then wondered if there is any point to it. Does this neat classification of the mechanisms of diarrhea of any real clinical applicability? Is so, why didn't Goljan point out which were secretory and which were invasive in the table of bugs causing diarrhea (page 213, Table 17-4, 2004 Edition of Goljan's Rapid Review).