Bacterial and Viral Pathogens of GI Flashcards
Diarrhea
Frequent/Fluid stool
Affects Small intestine
Dysentery
Blood and pus in feces
Affects from large intestine
(+) Fever, Pain, Abdominal Cramp
Enterocolitis
Small and Large Intestine
Diarrhea in infants
EPEC
Traveler’s Diarrhea
ETEC
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
STEC
Disease similar to shigellosis
EIEC
Acute and Chronic Diarrhea
EAEC
Salmonella that infects warm blooded animals
Salmonella enterica
Salmonella that infects warm blooded animals
Salmonella bongori
Non-typhoidal Salmonella
Salmonella enteritiditis
Salmnella typhimurium
Aggulutination and Widal test
Salmonella Serologic Diagnosis
Causes:
Enteric Fever
Septicimia
Entercolitis
Salmonella
Causes Bacillary Dysentery that is watery at first
Shigella
Enterotoxin
Neurotoxin
Shigella dysenteriae exotoxin