Gastroenteritis and Food Poisoning (FA) Flashcards
What is the incubation period of Campylobacter?
3-10 days
That is the mechanism of Campylobacter?
Inflammation of the colon
may spread to blood
How does Campylobacter spread?
Farm animals
What are the symptoms of Campylobacter?
Bloody diarrhoea
Abdominal pain
Self-liiting
How do you treat Campylobacter?
Usually none
How do you treat Campylobacter if there are co-morbidities or other indications?
(Macrolide) Erythromycin / Ciprofloxacin
What are the buzzwords for Campylobacter?
Bloody diarrhoea
Farm animals
Chicken
Poultry
What is the incubation ntiem of salmonella enteric?
12-48 hours
What is the mechanism of Salmonella enteric?
inflame ileum and colon
Mucosal damage
Decreased fluid absorption
What are the symptoms of Salmonella enteric?
Abdominal pain
Diarrhoea
Vomiting
Self-limiting
How do you treat Salmonella?
Ciprofloxacin
What are the buzzwords for Salmonella?
Farm animals
How do you type Salmonella?
According to the O-antigen
What are the symptoms of shigella?
Blood and pus in stool
Abdominal pain
Diarrhoea
How does Shigella sonni spread?
Human to human
What is the mechanism of Shigella sonni?
Mucosa inflammation
Self-limiting
What is the incubation period of Shigella?
1-9 days
What are the buzzwords for Shigella?
Children
Outbreak
Pus and blood in stool
Who gets E-coli?
Young children and elderly
What is the mechanism of E. coli?
Verotoxin binds to receptors on RBC and renal cells
Inhibit protein synthesis
Causes cell death
How does e. coli spread?
Cattle and infected water supplies
What are the symptoms of E. coli?
Abdominal pain
Bloody diarrhoea
HUS
What is HUS?
Haemolytic uraemia syndrome
How do you test for HUS?
Fever and blood test
How do you treat E. coli?
No treatment
What are the buzzwords for E. coli?
Cattle
HUS
Verotoxin
What causes typhoid/paratyphoid?
Salmonella typhi
Where is the body can be a chronic carrier of typhoon?
Gall bladder
Which distant sites are affected by tyhoiid?
Bone
What is the incubation time of typhoid?
2-3 weeks
What is the mechanism of typhoid?
Invades lumen
enter blood and lymphatic
Invade Peyer’s patches
How does typhoid spread?
Human spread only
What are the symptoms of typhoid?
Typhoid fever Rose spots Diarrhoea after 3 weeks Abdominal pain Rigor
How do you diagnose typhoid?
Stool test
Blood test
How do you treat typhoid?
Antibiotics-sensitivity test
Azithromycin
Vaccine available
What are the buzzwords for typhoid?
Travel
Fever
No diarrhoea
Rose spots
What is the shape of vibrio cholerae?
Comma bacillus
What is the mechanism of cholera?
Exotoxin
Out during of Is cells –> watery diarrhoea
What are the symptoms of cholera?
Rice water stool