GI bugs and vit deficiencies

Question 1

most common cause of diarrhea

Answer 1

campylobacter. common in young children. bloody diarrhea

Question 2

recent antibiotic use

Answer 2

C diff. tx is metronidazole

Question 3

camping

Answer 3

giardia

Question 4

traveler’s diarrhea

Answer 4

ETEC

Question 5

church picnics/mayo

Answer 5

S aureus

Question 6

uncooked hamburgers

Answer 6

E coli

Question 7

fried rice

Answer 7

bacillus cereus

Question 8

poultry/eggs

Answer 8

salmonella

Question 9

raw seafood

Answer 9

Vibrio, HAV

Question 10

AIDS

Answer 10

isospora, cryptosporidium, mycobacterium avium complex

Question 11

pseudoappendicitis

Answer 11

yersinia

Question 12

tx campylobacter

Answer 12

erythromycin

Question 13

tx shigella

Answer 13

bactrim

Question 14

night blindness/dry skin

Answer 14

vitamin A

Question 15

beriberi or wernicke-korsakoff syndrome

Answer 15

vit B1 (thiamine)

Question 16

angular stomatitis, cheilosis, corneal vascularization

Answer 16

riboflavin

Question 17

pellagra (diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia)

Answer 17

niacin

Question 18

macrocytic, megaloblastic anemia with neuro sxs and glossitis

Answer 18

vit B12

Question 19

macrocytic, megaloblastic anemia without neuro sxs

Answer 19

folic acid deficiency

Question 20

swollen gums, bruising, anemia, poor wound healing

Answer 20

scurvy

Question 21

scurvy

Answer 21

vit C deficiency

Question 22

rickets in children, osteomalacia in adults

Answer 22

vit D

Question 23

increased fragility of RBCs

Answer 23

Vit E

Question 24

neonatal hemorrhage, increased PT and PTT, normal BT

Answer 24

Vit K

Question 25

dermatitis, enteritis, can be caused by ingestion of raw eggs or antibiotic use

Answer 25

biotin

Question 26

weakness, muscle cramps, CNS hyperritability leading to tremors

Answer 26

magnesium