Gastrointestinal infections Flashcards
leading cause of childhood death
diarrheal diseases
first thing that comes to mind person - person transmiision ex. Daycare
shigella
first thing comes to mind with antibiotics/chemo
C diffucile
first think comes to mind with mayo & cream
staph
first thing comes to mind with eggs
Salmonella
first thing comes to mind with beef
shiga-toxin produced by E coli
first thing comes to mind w/ piltry
campylobacter
first thing comes to mind with seafood
vibrio
first thinf in mind in foodborne outbreak
Salmonella
pt developed symp lasting less than 6H, think of
preformed toxins of 1. Staph A 2. B cereus
pt developed symp lasting less than 24H, think of
preformed toxins 1. B cereus 2. C perfringens
what kind of preformed toxin do u think about if the pt developed symp lasting 72 h
think about the live pathogen not the toxins atm
how do u test for toxins
stool micriscipy/culutre
what are the pathogens that have an infectious dose of 10^1-2
Shigeela, giardia lamblia, entamoeba histolytics
what are pathogens that have an infectious dose of 10^8
E coli, vibrio choleria
neurotoxins are produced by the following
Staph A, B cereus, C perfringens
Enterotoxins are produced by the following
Aeromonas, enterotix E coli, vibrio cholera
cytotoxins are produced by the following
C diffcile, e Coli 0157:H7 (hasat a5o 90210)
4 organisms that enteroadherenet
cryptosporidiosis, enteroadherent and enteropathogenic E coli, Helminths, Giardiasis
minimal mucosal invasion
norwalk virus, rota virus
variable musocal invasion
Salmonella, Campylobacter
severe mucosal invasion
entamoeba histolytica, enteroinvasive E coile, shigella
which is more severe, salmonella or shigella
shigella
watery, pain mid abdominal, state the location of diarrhea
small bowel
pain in large bowel diarrhea is
left lower quadrant
fecal leukocytes
shigellosis, Enteroinvasive E coil, C difficule, Ulceratic/ischemic colitis
persistant diarrhea >2 weekks
think parasitic: Giardi lamblia, Cryptospsoridum parvum, if immune compromized think: microsporidium, mycobacterium avium, CMV