A British tourist in Egypt develops acute onset profuse watery diarrhoea, abdominal cramps, and nausea within 24 hours of eating street food. He has n...

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A British tourist in Egypt develops acute onset profuse watery diarrhoea, abdominal cramps, and nausea within 24 hours of eating street food. He has no fever or bloody stool. What is the most likely causative organism?

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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)

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Shigella dysenteriae

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Entamoeba histolytica

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Campylobacter jejuni

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Salmonella Typhi

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Travellers' Diarrhoea

A British tourist in Egypt develops acute onset profuse watery diarrhoea, abdominal cramps, and nausea within 24 hours of eating street food. He has no fever or bloody stool. What is the most likely causative organism?