Infectious Diarrhoea

Question 1

What is the word used to describe blood diarrhoea with mucus, pain, fever, usually caused by bacterial parasitic or protozoal infection?

Answer 1

dysentary

Question 2

What were the likely causative organisms if infection arrises less than 6 hours after being infected?

Answer 2

staphylococcus aureus
bacillus aureus

Question 3

What were the likely causative organisms if infection arises between 6 and 24 hours after being infected?

Answer 3

c. perfringes
b. cereus

Question 4

What were the likely causative organisms if infection arises 16-72 hours after being infected?

Answer 4

norovirus, enterotoxogenic, e. coli, vibrio, salmonella, shigella, campylobacter

Question 5

How would you investigate a patient suffering from diarrhoea?

Answer 5

stool sample

Question 6

How do you treat infectious diarrhoea?

Answer 6

usually settles spontaneously
oral rehydration therapy
loperamide hydrochloride (anti motility drug, travellers diarrhoea, avoid in blood diarrhoea)