Gastroenteritis Flashcards
What is the most common cause of travellers diarrhoea?
E-Coli
What is the definition of travellers diarrhorea?
3 loose watery stools within 24 hours
With or without:
- Abdominal cramps
- Fevers
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Blood in stool
What is the presentation of e-coli gastroenteritis?
Watery stools
Abdominal cramps and nausea
Common amongst travellers
What gastroenteritis presents in 1-6 hours?
Staphylococcus aureus
Bacillus cereus
What gastroenteritis presents in 12-48 hours?
Salmonella
Ecoli
What gastroenteritis presents in 48-72 hours?
Shigella
Campylobacter
What gastroenteritis presents >7 days?
Giardiasis
Amoebiasis
How does giardiasis present?
Prolonged
Non-bloody diarrhoea
How does cholera present?
Profuse, watery diarrhoea
Severe dehydration resulting in weight loss
Not common amongst travellers
How does shigella present?
Bloody diarrhoea
Vomiting and abdominal pain
How does campylobacter present?
A flu-like prodrome is usually followed by crampy abdominal pains, fever and diarrhoea which may be bloody
May mimic appendicitis
Complications include Guillain-Barre syndrome
What are the features of campylobacter?
Prodrome
Abdominal Pain
Blood diarrhoea
What is the gram stain of campylobacter?
Gram negative bacillus
What is the treatment for campylobacter?
- Clarithromycin
- Ciprofloxacin
What are the complication of campylobacter?
Guillain-Barre syndrome may follow Campylobacter jejuni infections
reactive arthritis
septicaemia, endocarditis, arthritis
What are early presenting gastroenteritis?
How do they present early?
Bacillus cereus
Staph aureus
Severe vomiting
What is the treatment for dysentry?
Ciprofloxacin
