Infectious Diarrhea CIS - Unrein Flashcards
undercooked food, unpasteurized milk, contaminated water, guiallan barre, developed countries
campylobacter
clindamycin use
c dificile
drinking water in underdeveloped countries
vibrio cholera
contaminated water and food
norovirus
bloody diarrhea, mucous in stool, croded areas, fever, children younger than 4
shigella
diagnosis of c dif
toxin A and B
PCR highly sensitive
tx c dif
metrondiazole
vancomycin
fidaxomicin
last resort - fecal transplant
parasite in unpurified water
giardia
diagnosis of exclusion
phenolphthalein
liver disease, bloody diarrhea, developing countries
entamoeba histolytica
long incubation, person to person contact
hep A
childhood illness in developing nations and in daycare center outbreaks, immunocompromised
cryptosporidium parvum
diagnosis of cryptosporidium
acid fast
serologic assay stool antigen
daycare, fever, diarrhea
rotavirus
incubation 2-4 days
Abs - life long immunity
high fever, sore thraot, pharyngitis, 1 week incubation
adenovirus
older individuals grouped together, incubation 2-4 days
norovirus
no lifelong immunity