Specific conditions of acute diarrhea that require special consideration: Although the term
'acute diarrhea'commonly refers to infectious, toxin-induced and drug-induced diarrhea,
there are specific acute diarrhea syndromes that may need a specifically tailored approach
and management, and where the general algorithm may need to be modified. For example,
during epidemic acute diarrhea such as cholera, it is important to quickly identify the
organism in the first patients presenting with illness, and to initiate public health mea-