Symptoms of Foodborne and Waterborne infections

Question 1

abdominal cramping, watery diarrhea

Answer 1

clostridial food poisoning

Question 2

abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea

Answer 2

Staphylococcal food poisoning

Question 3

aching or burning pain in abdomen, nausea, vomitting, bloating, bloody vomit or stool

Answer 3

gastric ulcer disease

Question 4

acute abdominal pain, vomiting, watery diarrhea

Answer 4

vibriosis (vibrio para-haemolyticus)

Question 5

bloody stools, abdominal pain, fever, lethargy, delirium

Answer 5

typhoid fever

Question 6

diarrhea and vomiting

Answer 6

Bacillus cereus food poisoning

Question 7

diarrhea, dysentery

Answer 7

shigellosis

Question 8

diarrhea, fever, not unique symptoms

Answer 8

Camplobacteriosis

Question 9

diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, cramps, and low-grade fever

Answer 9

ETEC, EPEC

Question 10

fever, diarrhea, and abdominal pain

Answer 10

yersiniosis

Question 11

fever, diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal cramps

Answer 11

salmonellosis

Question 12

fever, nausea, severe abdominal cramps

Answer 12

vibriosis (vibrio vulnificus)

Question 13

flu-like symptoms, backache, joint pain, chills

Answer 13

brucellosis with other foodborne infections

Question 14

foodborne and wound: difficulty swallowing, slurred speech, blurred vision, trouble breathing flaccid paralysis

Answer 14

Botulism

Question 15

severe, bloody diarrhea

Answer 15

EHEC (e.coli O157:H7)

Question 16

severe, watery diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, muscle cramps, and dehydration

Answer 16

cholera

Question 17

watery, diarrhea, fever, loss of appetite, nausea, dehydration, and abdominal pain

Answer 17

Pseudomembranous colitis