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1
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What is the incubation period of Campylobacter?

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3-10 days

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2
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That is the mechanism of Campylobacter?

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Inflammation of the colon

may spread to blood

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How does Campylobacter spread?

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Farm animals

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What are the symptoms of Campylobacter?

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Bloody diarrhoea
Abdominal pain
Self-liiting

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5
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How do you treat Campylobacter?

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Usually none

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6
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How do you treat Campylobacter if there are co-morbidities or other indications?

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(Macrolide) Erythromycin / Ciprofloxacin

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7
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What are the buzzwords for Campylobacter?

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Bloody diarrhoea
Farm animals
Chicken
Poultry

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What is the incubation ntiem of salmonella enteric?

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12-48 hours

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9
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What is the mechanism of Salmonella enteric?

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inflame ileum and colon
Mucosal damage
Decreased fluid absorption

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10
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What are the symptoms of Salmonella enteric?

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Abdominal pain
Diarrhoea
Vomiting
Self-limiting

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11
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How do you treat Salmonella?

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Ciprofloxacin

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12
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What are the buzzwords for Salmonella?

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Farm animals

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13
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How do you type Salmonella?

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According to the O-antigen

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14
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What are the symptoms of shigella?

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Blood and pus in stool
Abdominal pain
Diarrhoea

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15
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How does Shigella sonni spread?

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Human to human

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16
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What is the mechanism of Shigella sonni?

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Mucosa inflammation

Self-limiting

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17
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What is the incubation period of Shigella?

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1-9 days

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18
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What are the buzzwords for Shigella?

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Children
Outbreak
Pus and blood in stool

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19
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Who gets E-coli?

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Young children and elderly

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20
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What is the mechanism of E. coli?

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Verotoxin binds to receptors on RBC and renal cells
Inhibit protein synthesis
Causes cell death

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21
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How does e. coli spread?

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Cattle and infected water supplies

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22
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What are the symptoms of E. coli?

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Abdominal pain
Bloody diarrhoea
HUS

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23
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What is HUS?

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Haemolytic uraemia syndrome

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24
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How do you test for HUS?

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Fever and blood test

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25
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How do you treat E. coli?

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No treatment

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26
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What are the buzzwords for E. coli?

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Cattle
HUS
Verotoxin

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27
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What causes typhoid/paratyphoid?

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Salmonella typhi

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28
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Where is the body can be a chronic carrier of typhoon?

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Gall bladder

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29
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Which distant sites are affected by tyhoiid?

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Bone

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30
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What is the incubation time of typhoid?

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2-3 weeks

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31
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What is the mechanism of typhoid?

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Invades lumen
enter blood and lymphatic
Invade Peyer’s patches

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32
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How does typhoid spread?

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Human spread only

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33
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What are the symptoms of typhoid?

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Typhoid fever
Rose spots
Diarrhoea after 3 weeks
Abdominal pain
Rigor
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34
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How do you diagnose typhoid?

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Stool test

Blood test

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35
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How do you treat typhoid?

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Antibiotics-sensitivity test
Azithromycin
Vaccine available

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36
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What are the buzzwords for typhoid?

A

Travel
Fever
No diarrhoea
Rose spots

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37
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What is the shape of vibrio cholerae?

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Comma bacillus

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38
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What is the mechanism of cholera?

A

Exotoxin

Out during of Is cells –> watery diarrhoea

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39
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What are the symptoms of cholera?

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Rice water stool

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40
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How do you treat cholera?

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Maintain electrolyte balance

41
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What are the buzzwords for cholera?

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War zone

Rice water diarrhoea

42
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Is the incubation period for Staph aureus short of long?

43
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What his the mechanism of Staph aureus?

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Enters stomach, vagus nerve and vomiting centre

44
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What are the symptoms of Staph aureus?

45
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What are the buzzwords for Staph aureus?

A

Vomiting
bakery
shrot onset

46
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What kind of bacterium is Clostridium perfringes?

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Gram negative

47
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C. perfringes produces?

48
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What is the mechanism of Clostridium perfringes?

A

Ingest spores

Spores survive cooking

49
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What are the buzzwords for C. perfringes?

50
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What kind of bacterium is C. diff?

A

Anaerobic gram positive

51
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What are the 4 C’s of antibiotics that kill all other bacteria letting C. diff thrive?

A

Clindamyin
Co-amoxiclav
Cephalosporins
Ciprofloxacin

52
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What are the risk factors for C. diff?

A

Immunocompromised
PPI
Recurrent CDI (Clostridium difficile infection)

53
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How do you treat non severe C. diff?

A

Metronidazole PO 400mg tds (10 days)

54
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How do you treat severe C. diff?

A

Vancomycin 125mg qds PO/NG (10 days)

+/- IV Metronidazole

55
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What does Bacillus cereus produce?

56
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What kind of bacterium is bacillus cereus?

A

Gram positive aerobe

57
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What is the mechanism of bacillus cereus?

A

Spores survive cooking

58
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What are the buzzwords for B. cereus?

A

Reheated rice

59
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What kind of parasite is Cryptosporidium?

60
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What is Cryptosporidium associated with?

A

Animals and swimming pools

61
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What is the mechanism of Cryptosporidium?

A

Cysts ingested, hatch and invade mucosa lining

Small bowel

62
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What colour does Cryptosporidium have on microscopy?

63
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What are the symptoms of Cryptosporidium?

A

Worse in HIV

Self-limiting

64
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What are the buzzwords for Cryptosporidium?

A

Swimming pools
Animal contact
Shit for britain

65
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Giardia lambilia is an example of a?

66
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What is the mechansim of Giardia lambilia?

A

Cysts ingested

Invade upper GI

67
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How does Giardia spread?

A

Contaminated water

68
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What are the symptoms of Giardia?

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Diarrhoea
Malabsorption
Anorexia
Flatulence
Fatty stool
69
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How do you treat Giardia lambilia?

A

Metronidazole

70
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What are the buzzwords for Giardia lambilia?

A

Water supply
Fatty stool
Anorexia
Happy face protozoa

71
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What are enterobius vermicularis?

A

Thread worms

72
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What is the mechanism of thread worms?

A

Eggs laid on perianus

Itched and ingested

73
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What are the symptoms of threadworms?

A

Worms in stool

74
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What are the buzzwords for Enterobius vermicularis (threadworms)?

A

Child

Itchy bum

75
Q

What is the mechansim of Amoebiasis?

A

Amoebic cyst gobbles up red cels

76
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Wich part of the body is affected by Amoebiasis?

A

Large bowel

77
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Amoebiasis form?

78
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What are the symptoms of Amoebiasis?

A

Bloody diarrhoea
Bacteraemia
Liver abscess

79
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What are the buzzwords for Amoebiasis?

A

Salad
Abroad
Bloody diarrhoea

80
Q

Is the incubation period for norovirus short of long?

81
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How contagious is norovirus?

82
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How does norovirus spread?

A

Faecal to oral

Waterborn

83
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What are the symptoms of norovirus?

A

Nausea
Vomiting
Diarrhoea
Cramps

84
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How do you manage norovirus?

A

Self-limiting

Hydration

85
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What most commonly causes gastroenteritis in children under 3?

86
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How does rotavirus spread?

A

Faecal oral

87
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What is the seasonality of rota and norovirus?

88
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What are the symptoms of rotavirus?

A

Mild watery to profuse diarrhoea
Shock
May have moderate fever first, then diarrhoea
Not bloody

89
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How do you manage rotavirus?

A

Self-limiting

Lasts a week

90
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What is the incubation period of Staph aureus and Bacillus cereus?

91
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What is incubation period of Salmonella and E. coli?

A

12-48 hours

92
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Wha tis the incubation period of Shigella and Campylobacter?

93
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What is incubation period of Giardiasis and Amoebiasis?

94
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What is the incubation period of Cholera?

95
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How do you treat Campylobacter if systemic features`

A

Erythromycin or ciprofloxacin

96
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How do you treat salmonella if systemic features?

A

Ciprofloxacin

97
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How do you treat Giardiasis?

A

PO metronidazole

98
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How do you treat enterobius vermicularis?

A

PO mebendazole

99
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How do you treat Slamonella typhi, paratyphoid?

A

Ceftriaxone OR Azithromycin OR Ciprofloxacin

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