water bacteriology Flashcards
Acute diarrheas and gastroenteritis
E.coli
Cholera
Vibrio cholera
Bacillary dysentry
Shigella spp.
Typhoid fever
Salmonella spp.
Yellow fever
Leptospira interrogans
causes sugar loss, bloody stools
Shigellosis
Intestinal bacteria
Enterics
Fluorescent microscopy
Spirochetes
Amoebiasis
Entamoeba histolytica
Giardiasis
Giardia lamblia
Flu-like symptoms
Cryptosporidium parvum
Cyclosporiasis
Cyclospora cayetanensis
Primary amoebic encephalitis
Naegleria fowleri
the only known amoeba that can ingest RBC
entamoeba histolytica
only known pathogenic flagellate; traveler’s diarrhea 1
Giardia lamblia
moderate to severe diarrhea, causes death to patients with AIDS due to dehydration
Cryptosporidium parvum
moderate to severe, non-bloody diarrhea and asymptomatic symptoms; traveler’s diarrhea 2
Cyclospora cayetanensis
fatal within 3-6 days affecting the CSF
Naeglaeria fowleri