Chapter 19 and Chapter 34 Flashcards
Exam 3
Alternation in normal bowel movement characterized by an increase in the water content, volume or frequency of stools is known as what?
Diarrhea
What is the stomach acidity?
pH of lower than 4
Peristalsis can be found where
Small intestine
Symptoms of rapid onset of diarrhea, lack of fever, absence of blood or pus, and large number of watery stools is what
Enterotoxin-mediated diarrhea
How do people get salmonella
Contaminated or undercooked animal food products
How do people get Shigella
Improper sanitary conditions and poor personal hygiene
How do people get yersinia
By wide variety of animals
ETEC is what?
E.Coli enterotoxigenic
What does ETEC do
Produces adhesions to bind to intestinal mucosa and enterotoxins and is the common cause of traveler’s diarrhea
EIEC is what?
E.coli enteroinvasive
What does EIEC do?
Cause watery diarrhea and the infection is similar to Shigella
EHEC is what?
Enterohemorrhagic
E.coli strain 0157:H7
What E.coli strain is the principal causes
0157:H7
What is EPEC?
enteropathogenic
What is EAEC
Enteroaggregative