Types

 viral colitis

• CMV colitis
• HSV colitis
• adenoviral colitis

 bacterial colitis

• salmonella colitis
• colonic spirochetosis
• colonic tuberculosis

 fungal colitis

• colonic histoplasmosis
• paracoccidioides brasiliensis

 parasitic colitis

• colonic amibiasis
• Dientamoeba fragilis colitis (#9443114#)
• colonic balantidiasis (Balantidium coli)
• Strongyloides stercoralis colitis (Strongyloidiasis colitis)
• colonic schistosomiasis

References

 Thielman NM, Guerrant RL. Acute infectious diarrhea. N Engl J Med. 2004 Jan 1;350(1):38-47. PMID: #14702426#

 Surawicz CM. The role of rectal biopsy in infectious colitis. Am J Surg Pathol. 1988;12 Suppl 1:82-8. PMID: #3354763#