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An 18 mth old child presents to the emergency centre having had a brief ,generalized tonic clonic seizure .He is now post ictal & has a temperature of 40C ( 104F ) .During the lumbar puncture ( which proves to be normal ) ,he has a large ,watery stool that has both blood & mucus in it ,The most likely diagnosis in this patient is

a..salmonella
b..enterovirus
c..rotavirus
d..campylobacter
e..shigella

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  #2

Shigella

  #3

I think ts Salmonella induced encephalopathy

  #4

IT IS MOST LIKELY SHIGELLA, SALMONELLOSIS WON`T HAVE MUCOID BLOODY STOOLS, MAY BE BLOODY YES BUT NOT BOTH

  #5

hi son64 & dnaprimase u both r correct

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