L9 21 Mar 2019

Question 1

infectious inflammatory conditions of the intestine

Answer 1

• viral (rotavirus, norovirus)
• bacterial (enteroinvasive E. coli, enteropathogenic E. coli, enterohaemorragic E. coli, Shigella, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Yersinia enterocolitica, Clostridium difficile, Mycobacterium tuberculosis…)
• parasitic (amoebic, Schistosomiasis, Giardia lamblia)

Question 2

non-infectious inflammation conditions of the intestine

Answer 2

• inflammatory bowel disease
• ischaemic enterocolitis
• radiation enduced enterocolitis
• drug, chemical and food stuff related
• immune mediated

Question 3

symptoms of Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis

Answer 3

• Crohn disease: skip lesions
• ulcerative colitis: continuous colonic involvement beginning in rectum
• symptoms: diarrhoea, abdominal pain and rectal bleeding and extraintestinal manifestations

Question 4

ulcerative colitis

Answer 4

• chronic inflammatory disease of colon: rectal mucosa and varying portions of the large intestine
• usually occurs as a chronic disease with mild to severe exacerbations but occasionally occurs in an acute form
• symptoms: diarrhoea, abdominal pain, rectal bleeding and extra-intestinal manifestations (fever, joint pain)