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Gastroenteritis Flashcards

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Bloody diarrhea

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Campylobacter (poultry)
C. diff (abx)
E. coli O157:H7 (hemorrhagic) (ground beef)
Salmonella (eggs, poultry, milk, produce)
Shigella (food/water, overcrowding)
Yersinia (pork, produce, puppies)
Entamoeba histolytica (water, poor sanitation)

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Watery diarrhea

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C. diff (abx)
E. coli (enterotoxigenic) (travelers' diarrhea)
Vibrio cholerae (water, seafood)
Vibrio parahaemolyticus (seafood)
Cryptosporidium parvum (food/water, IC)
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Food poisoning

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Vomiting w/i several hrs of eating, diarrhea later
Bacillus cereus (rice)
S. aureus (room temp food, picnic)
(Vibrio parahaemolyticus, seafood, diarrhea w/i 24 hrs)

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Diarrhea w/ cruise ship

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Norwalk virus

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5
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Diarrhea in summer

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Coxsackie virus, echovirus

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Diarrhea w/ URI or pinkeye

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Adenovirus

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Diarrhea w/ greenish color, foul smell, child, in winter

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Rotovirus

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8
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Viral gastroenteritis Rx

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Self-limited (48-72 hrs); hydrate

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Diarrhea w/ vomiting w/i several hrs of eating rice

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Bacillus cereus

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10
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Diarrhea w/ blood after eating poultry

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Campylobacter jejuni

Salmonella

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Diarrhea w/ Guillain-Barre syndrome

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Campylobacter jejuni

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12
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Diarrhea w/ honey, home-canned foods

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Clostridium botulinum

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Diarrhea w/ flaccid paralysis

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Clostridium botulinum

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Diarrhea w/ recent abx use (esp clindamycin; amp/amox)

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Clostridium difficile

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Diarrhea w/ gray pseudomembranous colitis

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Clostridium difficile

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16
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Travelers’ diarrhea

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E. coli (entertoxigenic)

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17
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Diarrhea w/ blood after eating ground beef

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E. coli (enterohemorrhagic, O157:H7)

Possibly campylobacter

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18
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HUS

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Thrombocytopenia
Hemolytic anemia
Acute renal failure
Usu self-limited, can be fatal

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Diarrhea leading to HUS

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E. coli O157:H7 (enterohemorrhagic)

Possibly Shigella

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Diarrhea w/ vomiting w/i several hours of eating room-temp food

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S. aureus

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21
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Diarrhea w/ blood after eggs, poultry, milk, produce

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Salmonella

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22
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MC and 2nd MC foodborne bacterial GI infection

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Salmonella

Campylobacter jejuni

23
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Diarrhea w/ blood w/ food/water (overcrowding)

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Shigella (‘bacterial dysentery’)

24
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Diarrhea w/ rice water look after water/seafood

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Vibrio cholerae

25
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Diarrhea w/ possible rice water look after seafood (oysters)

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Vibrio parahaemolyticus

26
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Diarrhea w/ blood after pork, fresh produce, puppy feces

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Yersinia enterocolitica

27
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Diarrhea after drinking from stream

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Giardia lamblia

Entamoeba histolytica

28
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Diarrhea w/ greasy, foul-smell after surface water in wilderness/other country

A

Giardia lamblia

29
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Diarrhea w/ blood after water/poor sanitation

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Entamoeba histolytica (‘amoebic dysentery’)

30
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Diarrhea w/ liver abscess

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Entamoeba histolytica

31
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Diarrhea w/ watery appearance in immunocompromised

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Cryptosporidium parvum

32
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Diarrhea w/ myalgias after undercooked pork

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Trichinella spiralis
Taenia solium (cysticercosis)
33
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Diarrhea w/ periorbital edema after undercooked pork

A

Trichinella spiralis

34
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Diarrhea w/ cardiac symptoms after undercooked pork

A

Trichinella spiralis

35
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Diarrhea w/ CNS symptoms after undercooked pork

A 
Trichinella spiralis
Taenia solium (neurocysticercosis)
36
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Diarrhea after undercooked pork

A 
Yersinia enterocolitica (bloody)
Trichinella spiralis (myalgias, periorbital edema, eosinophilia; CNS/cardiac symptoms)
Taenia solium (muscles, CNS symptoms)
37
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Bacillus cereus Rx

A

Self-limited; hydration

38
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Campylobacter jejuni Rx

A

Self-limited; hydration

Can use erythromycin

39
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Clostridium botulinum Rx

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Botulism antitoxin (not given to infants)
Self-limited
40
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Clostridium difficile Rx

A

Metronidazole

ORAL vancomycin

41
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E. coli (enterotoxigenic) Rx

A

Self-limited; hydration

often treated w/ fluoro

42
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E. coli (enterohemorrhagic) Rx

A

Self-limited; hydration

*Abx may worsen symptoms b/c of toxin release

43
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S. aureus Rx

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Self-limited; hydration

44
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Salmonella Rx

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Self-limited; hydration
IC patients - fluoro
*Abx can prolong carrier state

45
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Shigella Rx

A

Self-limited; hydration

Cipro, TMP-SMX in severe cases

46
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Vibrio cholerae Rx

A

HYDRATION

Tetracycline or doxycycline decreases disease length

47
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus Rx

A

Self-limited; hydration

48
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Yersinia enterocolitica Rx

A

Self-limited; hydration

49
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Giardia lamblia Rx

A

Metronidazole, hydration

50
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Entamoeba histolytica Rx

A

Metronidazole, (paromomycin)

51
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Cryptosporidium parvum Rx

A

Control immune suppression

Nitazoxanide

52
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Trichinella spiralis Rx

A

Albendazole

Mebendazole if CNS/cardiac symptoms

53
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Taenia solium Rx

A

Praziquantel for intestinal/muscle infection

Albendazole + corticosteroids for neurocysticercosis

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