SAS 10: Microbial disease of the digestive, urinary, and reproductive system Flashcards
Inflammation in the intestines
Enteritis
Inflammation in the mucosal lining of the stomach
Gastritis
Inflammation in the liver
Hepatitis
Inflammation in the intestine and mucosal lining
Gastroenteritis
Inflammation in the colon
Colitis
The most important cariogenic organism
Streptococcus mutans
Cariogenic activity that leads to tooth decay
Conversion of sucrose to lactic acid, resulting to dextran (polysaccharide) which then forms into to tooth decay.
Destruction of the bone and tissue supporting the teeth
Periodontitis
Staphylococcal enterotoxicosis related organism
Staphylococcus aureus (survives high osmotic pressure and high temperature)
Shigellosis could lead to
diarrhea or diarrhea dysentery
Inhabitant of human GI and has 2000 serotypes *subtype of salmonella
Salmonella enterica (oral rehydration)
Causes “rice water stools”
Vibrio cholerae
Mostly adapted to salty coaster waters; raw oysters and crustaceans are associated to outbreaks
Noncholera vibrios
SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN
Enterohemorrhagic (O157: H7)
SHIGELLA-LIKE DYSENTERY
Enteroinvasive
The most common traveller’s diarhea
ETEC AND EAEC
Leading cause of foodborne illness in US, Causative agent.
Campylobacter jejuni