Gastrointestinal infection Flashcards
What is the most common mode of transmission of Gastrointestinal Infection?
Faecal oral transmission- Human/animal reservoir
Give examples of Port of Entry and Exit in GIT
- Contaminated Food/water with faeces
- Hands contaminated with faeces
- Undercooked food
- mechanical vectors - flies/cockroaches
Which type of virus causes most diarrhea?
Rotavirus
Name the four groups of Pathogens:
- Enterotoxic
- Enteroinvasive
- Enterohaemorrhagic
- Enteropathogenic
How do you get Camoylobacter jejuni?
Eating raw meat (Mostly chicken)
What bacterium causes Shigellosis
Bacillary Dysentry
Gram stain of Bacillary Dysentry
Gram negative Bacili
How can you get Bacillus cereus?
How can you get Bacillus cereus?
eating uncooked rice
Gram stain of Bacillus cereus
Gram positive rod
It traditionally called the study of three
important groups of eukaryotic organisms
Parasitology
Platyhelminthes are?
Flatworms
Aschelminths are?
round worms
Parasite name of “Horse hair worms”
Phylum Nematomorpha
Parasite name of Thorny headed worms
Phylum Nematomomorpha (Marine pafrasites
Annelida are?
True segmented worms ex. Leeches, earth worms
How do you get Cryptsporidum parvum?
Swallowing contaminated WATER
What is a more elite terminology of ROUNDWORMS according to Jeff
NEMATODES
What parasite causes Whipworm Infection
Trichuris trichiura
How do you get Stronlyloides sterocoralis
in contact with soil with free living larvae
