ECOLI infection Flashcards
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
hallamark
ANAEMIA
THROMBOCYTOPENIA( petichial rash)
RENAL FAILURE
children
animal exposure= faeces
HUS
anaemia picture
haemolytic anaemia
micro angiopathic
SCHISTOCYTES
HUS urine drip
positive for blood and protein
HUS pathogen
ECOLI 0157
TARGET cells
iron def anaemia
scickle cell
thalessimia
liver disease
roleux cells
hyperviscosity ..
multiple myeloma
ecoli variant serotype
HUS
Verotoxin
bloody diarrohoea= haemorrhagic colitis
HUS Dx
stool C/s
urine drip
cbp
rft
ECOLI* VS shigella
shigella occurs in outbreaks
no mild symptoms in shigella
ECOLI* vs dengue malaria
dengue malria incubation period 14 days
ecoli may take months
ECOLI* VS salmonella
salmonella does not take months for incubation
ECOLI* VS entamoeba histolytica
no mild symptoms in entamoeba and has
progressive abdominal pain over weeks and months
blood and MUCUS
ECOLI* vs GIARDIA
GIARDIA has bloating and flatulence
ECOLI* vs cholera
no mild symptoms in cholera
profuse detiorating diarrhoea
ECOLI and pregnancy asymptomatic
sart ANTIBIOTICS IMMEDELY
if not complications : pyelonephritis and miscarriage