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GastroIntestinal Bacterial Diseases Flashcards

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Staphyloccal food poisoning

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Caused by Staphylococcus aureus, enterotoxin

Causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea

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Shigellosis

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Bacillary dysentery, endotoxin
Caused by Shigella
Causes tissue damage and dysentery

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Salmonellosis

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Caused by Salmonella enterica, endotoxins

Causes nausa and diarrhea

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Typhoid fever

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Caused by Salmonella typhi, endotoxin

Causes high fever, mortality

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Cholera

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Caused by Vibrio cholerae, exotoxin

Diarrhea with large water loss

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Vibrio Parahaemolyticus gastroenteritis

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Caused by V. parahaemolyticus
Enterotoxin
Cholera-like diarrhea

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V. vulnilficus gastroenteritis

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Caused by V. vulnificus
Rapidly spreading tissue destruction
Infection

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Travelers Diarrhea

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Escherichia coli
Watery diarrhea
Infection (Endotoxin)

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Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli

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E. coli
Dystentery, bloody stools, blood in urine, kidney failure
Infection, exotoxin

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Campylobacter gastroenteritis

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Campylobacter jejuni
Fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea
Infection

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Helicobacter peptic ulcer disease

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Helicobacter pylori
Peptic ulcers
Infection
Spiral-shaped, microaerophilic

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Yersinia gastroenteritis

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Yersinia enterocolitica
Abdominal pain and diarrhea
Infection, endotoxin
Gram -
Transmitted through milk and meat
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Clostridium perfringens gastroenteritis

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Clostridium perfringens
Diarrhea
Infection (exotoxins)
Meat or meat stews

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Clostridium difficile

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Clostridium difficile
Mild diarrhea
Infection (exotoxin)
Hospitals and nursing homes, Extended antibiotic use

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Bacillus cereus gastroenteritis

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Bacillus cereus
Diarrhea or nausea
Intoxication
Gram +, endospore forming
Found in soil and vegetation
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Gram + Bacteria

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Bacillus
Clostridium
Staphylococcus
Streptococcus
Corynebacterium
Enterococcus
Lactobacillus
Listeria
Mycobacterium
Propionibacterium
Bifidobacterium
Eubacterium
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Protozoan Diseases

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Giardia
Cryptosporidium
Cyclospora
Entamoeba

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Giardia

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Caused by flagellated protozoan
Attaches to human intestinal wall
Causes prolonged diarrhea
Carried in feces, streams and lakes

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Cryptosporidium

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Protozoan
We ingest oocytes that release sporozoites in the small intestine
Causes cholera-like diarrhea for 10-14 days
Lakes, streams, swimming pools

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Cyclospora

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Protozoan
Food or drinking water
Causes watery diarrhea for a few days

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Entamoeba

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Protozoan
Cell walls are dissolved in intestinal tract and multiple in large intestine
Causes severe dysentery, blood feces
Found in food or drinking water

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Viral GI Infections

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Enteric virus
Calicivirus
Rotavirus
Norwalk/ Norovirus

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Rotaviruses

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Cause gastroenteritis

Fever, diarrhea, vomiting for about a week

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Norovirus

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Fecal-oral transmission
Vomiting and diarrhea for 2-3 days
Notably tough to clean up

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