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Microbio - GI infections Flashcards

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*What presentation is associated with Bacillus cereus?

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Vomiting 4hrs after eating reheated rice (Chinese takeout)

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What presentation is associated with Staph. aureus?

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Vomiting and watery diarrhoea - spread by hands

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*What presentation is associated with Clostridium boutlinum?

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Descending paralysis after canned foods/honey

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What presentation is associated with Clostridium perfringens?

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8-16hrs after reheated meat, watery diarrhoea lasts 24hrs

Gas gangrene

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*What presentation is associated with Clostridium difficile?

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Pseudomembranous colitis after antibiotics

3Cs: cephalosporins, ciprofloxacin, clindamycin

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What presentation is associated with Vibrio cholera?

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Rice water stool, shellfish

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What presentation is associated with Salmonella enteritides?

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Poultry and eggs, non-bloody diarrhoea

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What presentation is associated with Shigella?

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Bloody diarrhoea, outbreak in MSM

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*What presentation is associated with Campylobacter jejuni?

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Poultry (chicken at a BBQ), bloody foul-smelling diarrhoea

Associated with GBS, reactive arthritis

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What are the 3 types of E. Coli?

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Enterotoxigenic (ETEC), Enterohaemorrhagic (EHEC), and Enteroinvesive (EIEC)

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*What presentation is associated with ETEC?

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travellers diarrhoea

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What presentation is associated with EHEC?

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bloody diarrhoea, O157 (PETTING FARMS), outbreaks

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What presentation is associated with EIEC?

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bloody diarrhoea

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*What presentation is associated with Norovirus?

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Adult outbreaks, hospitals, no long-term immunity

Secretory diarrhoea

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What presentation is associated with Rotavirus?

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Children <6yo
Secretory diarrhoea
Oral vaccine

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What presentation is associated with Adenovirus?

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Children <2yo

Secretory diarrhoea

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*What presentation is associated with Giardia?

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(prolonged and later onset) Steatorrhoea, weight loss, MSM

18
Q

What can be found on Ix of Giardia?

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Pear-shaped trophozoites with 4 flagella and 2 nuclei

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Presentation amoebiasis

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Gradual onset bloody diarrhoea, abdominal pain and tenderness
which may last for several weeks

20
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*Woman with constipation from abroad (sounded like salmonella typhoid?) - what abx do you give if she hasn’t been started on them already?

A

Ceftriaxone

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