GI Infections Part 2

Question 1

Campylobacter

Answer 1

C.diff
Listeria
Shingella

Question 2

Salmonella

Answer 2

Norovirus

Rotarvirus

Question 3

E.coli 0157

Answer 3

rare but morbidity/outbreaks

Question 4

EnteroTOXIgenic e.coli

Answer 4

Produces heat labile and heat stable toxin

travel related

Question 5

EnteroPATHOgenic e.coli

Answer 5

Attatching effacing lesions 
no toxins, not invasive 
secretes its own receptor into cell membranes 
non breastfed children 
can be asymptomatic

Question 6

Is all diarrhoea infectious

Answer 6

No

Question 7

What is the most likely causative agent

Answer 7

Campylobacter

Question 8

Treatment for campylobacter

Answer 8

If someone is old and immunosuppressed then give antibiotic (clarithromycin)

Question 9

How do you get a campylobacter infection and what are the symptoms

Answer 9

Raw poultry
Pain
Blood
fever

Question 10

What bacteria do reptiles carry

Answer 10

SALMONELLA - HIV patients should now own reptiles

Question 11

Time of incubation for salmonella

Answer 11

12-48hrs

Question 12

Where is salmonella from

Answer 12

Poultry
meat
raw egg

Question 13

Symptoms of salmonella

Answer 13

Diarrhoea
Vomiting
Blood
Fever

Question 14

Where does the 0.457 from in e.coli

Answer 14

The O antigen - type of antigen a bug has can be used for typing bacteria

Question 15

What bacteria is the ‘fridge organism’

Answer 15

Listeria monocytogenes

Question 16

What can listeria monocytogenes cause

Answer 16

Menengitis/bactereaemia
gastroenteritis
mother-child transmission causing child mortality

Question 17

Where does listeria monocytogenes come from

Answer 17

Unpasteurised milk products

Deli counter

Question 18

Viruses that cure gastroenteritis

Answer 18

Lots and lots
Rotavirus
Norovirus

Question 19

Test for viral gastroenteritis

Answer 19

PCR