Cholera

Question 1

Cholera is

Answer 1

an acute painless rice watery diarrhoeal illness of the small intestine caused by the bacterium “vibrio cholerae”

Question 2

vibrio cholerae characteristics (5)

Answer 2

Gram-negative 
Aerobic bacillus 
Highly motile 
Curved rods (comma shaped) 
Single polar flagellum

Question 3

Cholera Transmission

Answer 3

Fecal-oral ,through contaminated food or water

Question 4

Cholera pathogenesis

Answer 4

releases an enterotoxin, (choleraregen ) (cholera toxin),which activate CAMP resulting in hypersecretion of water and electrolytes (rice water stool).

Question 5

Cholera COMPLICATIONS (5)

Answer 5

1. Sever dehydration
2. shock
3. Electrolytes imbalance
4. Renal failure
5. Death

Question 6

Cholera Laboratory diagnosis by

Answer 6

stool cuture (TCBS media).

Question 7

Cholera Treatment (2)

Answer 7

Rehydration is key

azithromycin, ciprofloxacin

Question 8

Cholera Prevention

Answer 8

Interrupt the fecal-oral transmission
by:
Proper sewage disposal.
Chlorination of water.
Hand washing
Vaccine