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Inflammation involving the mucosa of the both the small and large intestines

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Enterocolitis

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Bacteria associated with marine environments

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Vibrio cholerae

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Gram negative, rigid, curved rod with polar flagellum and darting motility. Arranged in rows on smear.

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Vibrio cholerae

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Facultative anaerobe, halophilic, fermentative gram negative curved rod. Grows in alkaline pH.

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Vibrio cholerae

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Serogroups of V cholerae that cause cholera

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O1
O139

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Bacteria present in algal blooms that contaminates shellfish

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Vibrio cholerae

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Reason infective dose of Vibrio cholerae is high

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It is sensitive to gastric acid

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Virulence factor that acts as a receptor for filamentous bacteriophage that codes for cholera toxin

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Toxin coregulated pilus (TCP)

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Virulence factors of V cholerae

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Pili
TCP
Flagellum
Mucinase

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Complex A-B toxin that resembles ETEC heat labile toxin

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Cholera toxin

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Causes increased levels of cAMP in enterocyte leading to secretory diarrhea

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Cholera toxin

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Incubation period of cholera

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1-4 days

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Pt presents with N/V, abdominal cramps, and rice-water stools after eating shellfish a few days ago

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Cholera

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Complication of untreated cholera

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Hypovolemic shock

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Yellow (sucrose) fermenting colonies on TCBS from stool specimen. Oxidase positive.

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Vibrio cholerae

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Drug of choice for cholera

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Azithromycin

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17
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Antibiotics that can be used for cholera

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Azithromycin
Doxycycline
Ciprofloxacin

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Suspected in pts who give a history of ingestion of raw seafood, or wound infection after exposure to seawater

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Vibrio vulnificus

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Treatment for Vibrio vulnificus infection

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Doxycycline

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General features of Enterobacteriaceae

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Gram negative bacilli
Facultatively anaerobic
Ferment glucose
Catalase positive
Oxidase negative
Reduce nitrates to nitrites

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Most abundant gram negative rods in the colon and feces I

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E coli

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Gram negative, lactose fermenting bacilli with peritrichous flagella. Indole and citrate positive

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E coli

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3 antigenic structures of E coli

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O antigen –> somatic
H antigen –> flagellar
K antigen –> capsule

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Virulence factors of E coli

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Pili
Endotoxin
Capsule
Type III secretion systems
Enterotoxins

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Virulence factor of E coli responsible for gastroenteritis

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Enterotoxins

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E coli type associated with these exotoxins –> heat labile toxin (LT-1) and heat stable toxin (STa)

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ETEC

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E coli type associated with colonization factor antigens (CFA) adhesins

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ETEC

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E coli types associated with BFP and intimin adhesins

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EPEC
STEC/EHEC

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E coli type associated with aggregative adherence fimbriae (AAF) adhesins

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EAEC

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E coli type associated with these exotoxins –> enteroaggregative heat stable toxin and plasmid encoded toxin

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EAEC

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E coli type associated with shiga toxins, Stx1 and Stx2, exotoxins

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STEC/EHEC

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E coli type associated with invasive plasmid antigen adhesin

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EIEC

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E coli type associated with hemolysin (HlyA) exotoxin

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EIEC

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5 main groups of E coli that cause diarrhea

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STEC/EHEC
ETEC
EPEC
EAEC
EIEC

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Source of ETEC

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Food or water contaminated with human feces

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Site of action of ETEC

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Small intestine

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AB toxin that causes ADP ribosylation and stimulation of G proteins to activate adenylate cyclase to cause intestinal secretion

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LT toxin of ETEC

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ST toxin stimulates guanylate cyclase to increase cGMP

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Pathogens commonly causing traveler’s diarrhea

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Pt presents with watery diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting with low-grade fever after recent travel

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Treatment for infection with ETEC

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Fluid replacement

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E coli type seen in bottle fed infants in developing countries, commonly affecting children <1 yo

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Source of EPEC

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Food or water contaminated with human feces

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Site of action of EPEC

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Small intestine

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E coli type that produces attachment and effacement lesions using T3SS, intimin, and Tir adherence factors to HEp-2 and HeLa cells causing malabsorption and diarrhea

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Most frequent isolate types of EPEC

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O55:K59
O111:K58

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Treatment of EPEC

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Fluid replacement and supportive care

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E coli strain commonly implicated in food contamination in Mexico and in infant diarrhea

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Aggregates resemble stacked bricks on light microscopy

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Site of action of EAEC

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Small intestine

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Plasmid coded virulence factors of this pathogen are EAST and AAF I-III causing hemorrhage and decreased fluid absorption

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Pathogen that causes formation of heavy mucus biofilm on intestinal surface, which may contribute to persistent colonization and diarrhea

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Pt presents with persistent watery mucoid diarrhea, vomiting, and low-grade fever after travel

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Diarrhea causing pathogen associated with characteristic adherence to HEp-2 cells

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Viruses causing non-inflammatory diarrhea

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Rotavirus
Norovirus
Adenovirus
Astrovirus

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Number one cause of serious infantile diarrhea worldwide

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Medium sized virus with double layered capsid in the Reoviridae family

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Segmented dsDNA, non-enveloped virus that looks like a hub cap

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Most common Rotavirus group causing endemic, severe, infantile diarrhea

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Transmission of rotavirus

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Virus that infects cell of small intestine by attaching to sialic acid via VP4

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Viral protein NSP4 acts as enterotoxin, causing fluid secretion

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Incubation period of rotavirus

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Sudden onset of vomiting, abdominal pain, non-bloody watery diarrhea, fever, and dehydration in infant or young child who goes to daycare

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Type of vaccine for rotavirus and administration schedule

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Oral live attenuated vaccine
At 2, 4, and 6 mo

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Naked, icosahedral, positive sense ssRNA virus of the Calciviridae family that is acid stable

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Transmission of norovirus

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Feco-oral –> contaminated food, water, and surfaces
Person to person

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Foodborne pathogen commonly associated with outbreaks on cruise ships

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Pathogen causing direct damage to intestinal enterocytes causing vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, fever, and HAs that usually resolves in 1-2 days

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Incubation of norovirus

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Diagnosis of norovirus

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Reverse transcriptase PCR of feces or vomitus

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Non-enveloped dsDNA virus that can cause diarrhea, but is usually associated with respiratory infection and conjunctivitis

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Adenovirus

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Infective serotypes of adenovirus

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Non-enveloped ssRNA virus that often causes an asymptomatic infection where virions are shed in the stool in large quantities

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Astrovirus

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Protozoa causing secretory diarrhea

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Giardia duodenalis
Cryptosporidium parvum
Cystoisospora belli
Cyclospora cayetanensis

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Non-invasive luminal flagellate, sting-ray shaped trophozoite with 2 nuclei

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Giardia duodenalis

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Infective form of Giardia duodenalis

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Pt presents with steatorrhea, nausea, and abdominal cramps persisting for 6 weeks. Stool sample shows cysts.

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Giardia duodenalis

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Complication of Giardia infection in children

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Severe malabsorption syndrome

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Treatments for giardiasis

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Metronidazole
Quinacrine hydrochloride

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Prevention of giardiasis

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Boiling, filtering, or treating water with iodine

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Coccidian parasite that infects villi of lower small intestine and is resistant to chlorine

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Cryptosporidium parvum

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Source of Cryptosporidium parvum

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Gut of cattle

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Diagnosis by modified acid fast staining of stool showing oocysts

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Cryptosporidiosis

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Treatment for Cryptosporidiosis

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Nitazoxanide –> only in immunocompromised

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Common presentation of cryptosporidiosis

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Asymptomatic to mild in healthy
Severe in immunocompromised

87
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Only known host of Cystoisospora belli

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Transmission of Cystoisospora belli

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Ingestion of mature oocysts via feco-oral route

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Pt presents with profuse, water, non-bloody, mucoid, foul-smelling diarrhea. Also has cramping, vomiting, and low-grade fever. Modified acid fast stain shows large oocysts.

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Cystoisospora belli

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Treatment for heavier Cystoisospora belli infections

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Cotrimoxazole
TMP-SMZ

91
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Transmission of Cyclospora cayetanensis

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Feco-oral route via contaminated food or water

92
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Diarrhea causing pathogen associated with contaminated raspberries, basil, and lettuce

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Cyclospora cayetanensis

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Immunocompromised pt presents with 6 wks of diarrhea, cramps, and dehydration. Stool sample demonstrates acid fast oocysts.

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Cyclospora cayetanensis

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Treatment for cyclospora cayetanensis

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Cotrimoxazole

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