AGE causative agents

Question 1

Watery diarrhea x 7-10 days

Answer 1

Rotavirus

Question 2

Rotavirus mgmt

Answer 2

Supportive

Question 3

From nurseries and daycare

Answer 3

Enteropathogen ic, E.coli

Question 4

Enteropathogen ic, E.coli mgmt

Answer 4

TMP- SMZ

Question 5

Hemorrhogic colitis, HUS

Answer 5

Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli

Question 6

Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli mgmt

Answer 6

TMP SMZ

Question 7

Eggs,milk, poultry

Answer 7

Salmonella

Question 8

Salmonella mgmt

Answer 8

Treat only if <3mos old

Question 9

Person to person contact via contaminated fod

Answer 9

Shigella, campylobacter

Question 10

Shigella, campylobacter mgmt

Answer 10

Cefixime, erythromycin

Question 11

Hx of antibiotic use

Answer 11

Clostridium difficle

Question 12

Clostridium difficle mgmt

Answer 12

Metronidazole, vancomycin

Question 13

Sx within 12 hrs due to pre formed toxin with a common source

Answer 13

Staph aureus

Question 14

Infects the colon, acute bloody diarrhea

Answer 14

E. Histolytica

Question 15

E. Histolytica mgmt

Answer 15

Metronidazole

Question 16

Cysts are ingested from contaminated food and water , watery diarrheya

Answer 16

Giardia lamblia

Question 17

Giardia lamblia mgmt

Answer 17

Metronidazole

Question 18

Profuse watery diarrhea , rice water consistency of stool with fishy odor

Answer 18

Cholera

Question 19

Cholera mgmt

Answer 19

Azithromycin, tetracycline, trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole

Question 20

Washer womans hand

Answer 20

Cholera