Gastrointestinal ID

Question 1

Diarrhea + travel + looks like celiac (blunted villi etc) but neg test?

Answer 1

Tropical sprue

Question 2

food poisoning from Contaminated seafood?

Answer 2

V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus

Question 3

food poisoning from Meats, mayonnaise, custard;

Answer 3

Staph Aureus (preformed toxin).

Question 4

food poisoning from poultry, meat, eggs?

Answer 4

Salmonella

Question 5

Food poisoning from undercooked meat?

Answer 5

E coli 0157:H7. Can cause HUS also, makes shiga-like toixn.

Question 6

food poisoning from reheated meat?

Answer 6

c. perfringens

Question 7

food poisoning from canned foods or honey?

Answer 7

c. botulinum

Question 8

Food poisoning from reheated rice?

Answer 8

b. cereus

Question 9

Bugs causing bloody diarrhea?

Answer 9

campylobacter, e. histolytica, enterohemorragic e. coli (0157:h7), enteroinvasive e coli, salmonella, shigella, yersinia enterocoliticia.

Question 10

Bugs causing watery diarrhea?

Answer 10

C. diff, c perfringens (gas gangrene too), enterotoxic e coli (travlers), giardia, cryptosporidium, v. cholerae (rice water).

Question 11

Viruses causing watery diarrhea?

Answer 11

Rotavirus, norovirus, adenovirus.