Diarrhea Matching Flashcards

1
Q

Viral enteritis (rotavirus)

A

lysis of mature enterocytes, causing malabsorption of sugar (osmotic and secretory diarrhea)

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2
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Vibrio cholera

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enterotoxin results in activated secretion (secretory diarrhea)

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3
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Clostridium difficile

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antibiotics initiate emergence of cytotoxic strains

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4
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Shigella

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bacillary dysentery - invasive organism

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