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Bugs Causing Watery Diarrhea Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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Pseudomembranous colitis; caused by abx; occasionally bloody

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Clostridium difficile

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Also causes gas gangrene

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Clostridium perfringens

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Travelers’ diarrhea; produces heat-labile (LT) and heat-stable (ST) toxins

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ETEC

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Protozoans in immunocompromised (2)

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Giardia, cryptosporidium

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Comma-shaped organisms; rice-water diarrhea; often from infected seafood

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Vibrio cholerae

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Viruses (2)

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Rotavirus, norovirus

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