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repeat enteric infections can lead to

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malnutrition
growth stunting
cognitive impairment
impaired immunity (with vaccine hyporesponsiveness)

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definition of diarrhoea

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increased stool water causing

  • an increase in stool frequency
  • the passage of soft stools
  • the passage of greater than 3 stools per day or stool volume of greater than 200mls
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acute diarrhoea

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lasting less than 2 weeks

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chronic diarrhoea

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lasting more than two weeks

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small intestine

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6m ling in adult human 
short duodenum 
jejunum 40% of length 
ileum 60% of length 
absorbs 
- all amino acids 
- all sugars 
- most lipids 
- 80% of water
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surface area of the small intestine is increased by

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mucosal folds
villi and crypts
microvilli and enterocytes

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large intestinal structure

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lacks folds or villi
has crypts
site of water absorption
dependant on Na absortoin

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water flux in the intestine

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inputs 9L
reabsorbs 8.8L
excretes 0.2L in stool

even a small disturbance in flux can result in diarrhoea

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water in the intestine follows

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osmotic gradients 
osmotically active molecules include 
- electrolytes 
- sugars 
- amino acids
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secretion in the small intestine

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to distinct processes establish as osmotic gradient which pulls water into the small intestine lumen

  • digestion of food into small molecules of high osmolarity
  • active secretion of electrolytes by crypt enterocytes
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active secretion of electrolytes by crypt enterocytes

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cyclic AMP activates the transmembrane chloride channel.

chloride is pumped into the lumen

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how is water reabsorbed from the lumen

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sodium dependant hexose transporter
coupled transport of Na+ and glucose into the enterocyte
high sodium concentration is largely responsible for absorption of water in the small intestine

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oral rehydration solutions

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goal is to increase presence of sodium and glucose in enterocyte cell

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mechanisms of diarrhoea production

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  1. increased active secretion of electrolytes and thus water
  2. damage to brush border resulting in malabsorption of nutrients and electrolytes
  3. damage to brush border, loss of disaccharide activity, increase osmolarity of stool
  4. altered motility, less time for water absorption
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4 classifications of diarrhoea

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  • inflammatory
  • secretory
  • osmotic
  • motility related

type of diarrhoea is dependant upon the virulence factors expressed by the pathogen

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main virulence factors

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  1. those enabling adhesion
  2. those enabling invasion
  3. those having toxins
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types of toxin production

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  • enterotoxins - work on the enterocyte (don’t damage it)
  • cytotoxins - damage the enterocyte
  • neurotoxins - stimulate the smooth muscle of the bowel
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enterotoxins

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interfere with the salt and water transport without damaging the enterocyte itself
result sin net loss of water
can use rehydration solutions in these cases

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cytotoxins

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cause damage to the cells of the intestin

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neurotoxins

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central or loval nervous system stimulation causing increased intestinal motility

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preformed toxin disease

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by already be present in the food before it is eaten

disease usually has short incubation period

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heat labile toxins

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are destroyed by cooking (preformed)

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heat stable toxins

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not destroyed by cooking (preformed)

24
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vibrio cholerae

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curved gram negative rod
some strains produce a powerful enterotoxin
produce watery diarrhoea
sever dehydration, may cause death within hours in malnourished, debilitated hosts

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ingested vibrios

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more likely to be killed by stomach acids

those that survive adhere to small intestinal enterocytes and secrete cholera toxin

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cholera toxin

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has 2 subunits
the B subunit binds the toxin to specific reception on the enterocytes
the A subunit enters the enterocyte

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the A subunit of the cholera toxin

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enters the cytoplasm and alters molecules which enhance adenyl cyclase activity
causes overproduction of cyclic AMP
more chloride pumped into the lumen - overstimulation of transmembrane chloride channel
Na and other electrolytes follow chloride
massive amounts fo water follow the sodium and chloride ions
enterocytes are not damaged by this process, allowing effective therapy of ORS

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ORS

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oral rehydration solution
presenting extra Na and glucose to the sodium dependant hexose transporter
pumps into the cell pulling water with it

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shigella

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gram negative rod, member of the enteroacteriaceae

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four spaces of shigella

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S sonny
S dysenteriae
S flexneri
S boydii

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shigella causes

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bacterial dysentery

inflammatory diarrhoea

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bacterial dysentery

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diarrhoea illness with blood and pus in the stool

inflammatory colitis

33
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how does shigella cause diarrhoea

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M cells exist in the intestine as part of the immune system in the payer’s patches
shigella stimulates parasite directed endocytosis
M cell engulfs and internalises the bacteria

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virulence plasmids of shigella

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virulence plasmids encode invasion plasmid antigens (4 types - called Ipas)
upon contact with host cell, Ipas are secreted and enter the host cytoplasm
stimulate the actin (protein forming cytoskeleton) to push out and form filopods and engulf the bacteria allowing the bacteria to enter the cytoplasm in vacuoles
normally vacuoles destroy pathogens but shigella can survive in them

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what happens once shigella is engulfed into the M cell

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it enters the cytoplasm in vacuoles
vacuoles normally kill pathogens but shigella can survive in them
is carries through to the submucosal surface and released into the submucosal tissues where macrophages engulf them
shigella kills the macrophage, causing the macrophage to release interleukin-1
IL-1 draws polymorphonuclear leukocytes into the area

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what does shigella do once engulfed by macrophages

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kills the macrophage but causes the macrophage to release IL-1 in doing so
IL-1 draws polymorphonuclear leukocytes into the area
PMNLs cause inflammation of the mucosa causing damage and allowing more shigella bacteriums to enter

37
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what does PMNL do

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causes inflammation and damage to the mucosa allowing more bacteriums to enter
shigella have other plasmid genes that encode outermembrane proteins

38
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outer membrane proteins (icsA)

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cause condensation of host cell actin behind the bacterial cell that propel the bacterium through the cytoplasm and into adjoining cells
causes cell membrane to break down

39
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lateral invasion of shigella

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outer membrane proteins (icsA) cause cytoskeleton to push shigella bacterial cells through outermsmbrane and destroy the membrane causing bleeding
this leads to damage and inflammatory diarrhoea
blood and pus in stool

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faeces in shigella infection

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dystentery

white blood cells and red cells in stool

41
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dehydration from shigella

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damaged intestinal cells fail to reabsorb water causing excess water in stool

42
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symptoms of shigella infection

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  • prodromal upper intestinal watery diarrhoea
  • frequent scanty dysenteric stools
  • blood
  • pus
  • mucus
  • tenesmus - constant feeling of wanting to pass stool despite not passing stool
  • significant protein less, malnutrition and impaired immunity
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tenesmus

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constant feeling of wanting to pass stool

44
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mode of action of neurotoxins

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action on autonomic nervous sytem, increased motility

45
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mode of action of enterotoxin

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increased fluid secretion without mucosal damage

46
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mode of action of cytotoxin

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damage to intestinal mucosal cells

47
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mucosal invasion

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penetration and destruction of mucosal intestinal cells

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