Diarrhea And Food Borne Quickk Questions Flashcards
Non iinvasive diarrhea w/ fever myalgia, arthralgia, back pain, HA?
Listeria monocytogenes
Increased stool liquidity?
80%
Bacteria AGE w/ sever cramping, misdiagnosed appendicitis, pollyarticular arthritis?
Yersinia enterocolitica
Bacteria that causes fetal loss or death of newborn?
Listeria
What are are associated w/ seafoods?
Astrovirus, aeromonas, pleiomonas, vibrio
Motile organism on wet mount, found in CSF?
Listeria monocytogenes
Where food contains listeria?
Unpasteurized milk, soft cheeses, and cream, raw fruit, veges, produce, hot dogs, cold cuts, deli meats
What is the treatment for cholera?
FLUID REPLACEMENT, abx shorten course, VAXchora
Sick pets (puppies) food borne illness and chickens
Campylobacter
What is the treatment for e. Coli 0157: H7
NO abx, treat HUS w/ dialysis.
Can cause death w/in hours of infection from massive dehydration?
Cholera
Where is the typhoid organism found??
Blood and bone marrow
Acute blood diarrhea, tenesmus, passage of mucus, fever, self limited
Shigellosis
Definition of acute gastroenteritis?
1-5 days of diarrhea w/ N/V
What is the treatment for traveler’s diarrhea?
Loperamide w/ 1 abx, usuallly ciprofloxacin
Invasion/multiplication of mononuclear phagocytic cells in liver, spleen, lymph nodes, and Peter patches of ileum. SYSTEMIC INFECTION?
Typhoid fever (bacteremia)
Explosive bowel movements w/ n/v and abdominal cramping ?
Traveler’s diarrhea
When bacteria invade the mucosa what do the patient look like?
Febrile, RBCs and WBCs in stool