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GI Infectious Disease Flashcards

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Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)

A

Symptomatic treatment (fluid & electrolytes)

FQ, macrolides, or rifamixin

abx only needed for bloody diarrhea or immunocompromised

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Campylobacter jejuni

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Fluid & electrolytes

Abx reserved for immunocompromised (azithromycin or FQ)

FQ resistance common

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Shigella

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Fluid and electrolytes

Abx for immunocompromised or public health reasons

Ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin, azithromycin

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Salmonella

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Fluid and electrolytes

Abx for severely ill or risk for extraintestinal infx

Nontyphoidal: FQ, ceftriaxone, azithromycin

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Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)

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Clear liquids
Bismuth salicylate
Antimotility (loperamide)

FQ effective but not generally required

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Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)

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Fluid and electrolytes

Abx not generally indicated due to possible increase of HUS

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Vibrio cholerae

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Fluid and electrolytes!!!

Doxycycline, azithromycin (also ciprofloxacin or TMP/SMX) for severely ill or hospitalized pts

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Clostridium difficile

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Metronidazole or
Vancomycin (oral) or
Fidaxomicin

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Clostridium perfringens

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Rehydration

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10
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Norovirus

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Supportive care

Prevention (proper food holding practices, hand washing)

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Rotavirus

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Vaccine (RotaTeq, Rotarix)

Hand washing for prevention

Hydration

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Entamoeba histolytica

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Metronidazole followed by intraluminal agent (eliminates intraluminal cysts) like Paromomycin or Idoquinol

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Giardia lamblia

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Metronidazole or

Albendazole

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14
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Review IV fluids on her chart!!

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Know why to pick one over the other!

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15
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3% NaCl

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hypertonic solution

has no K, Ca, HCO3

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0.9% NaCl

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Normal saline or NS

has no K, Ca, HCO3

17
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0.45% NaCl

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half normal saline

has no K, Ca, HCO3

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LR

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lactated ringers

Has K, Ca, HCO3

19
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5% dextrose

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DSW or D5 in water

Has only dextrose!

20
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D5/0.225% NaCl

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D5 1/4 NaCl AKA
D5 and a quarter normal saline

Has no K, Ca, HCO3

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