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Where are intra-abdominal infections?

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Contained to the peritoneum or retroperitoneal space

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Where can intra-abdominal infections come from?

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Can arise from contamination of these sterile sites by microbiota bacteria via perforation (spillage) of the GI tract

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Intra-abdominal infection that is generalized

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Peritonitis

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Intra-abdominal infection that is localized

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Abscess, appendicitis

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Bacterial Peritonitis

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General (diffuse) inflammation of serous lining of the peritoneum

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Primary peritonitis

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Inflammation without evident intra-abdominal disease
Also caused spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) usually only involves one pathogen.
Pathogens: E. coli

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Primary peritonitis is most commonly associated with what?

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Liver disease (cirrhosis)

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Pathophysiology of Primary Peritonitis

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Inflammation due to both bacterial toxin and WBC cytokines
*Exudate from blood floods the peritoneum containing the infection → dramatic decrease in circulating blood volume → death due to hypovolemic shock

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Secondary peritonitis

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Infection due to spillage of bowel content that usually will contain a mixture of microbiota (enteric) bacteria into the peritoneum

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Secondary peritonitis pathogens

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GI anaerobes (B. fragilis, Clostridium, Peptostreptococcus), Gram (-) bacilli (E. coli), Enterococcus

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Tertiary peritonitis

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Recurrent infection after therapy; usually occurs in health-care setting after surgery

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Intra-abdominal Abscess

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A pocket of infected fluid or pus that forms in the abdominal cavity.

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Intra-abdominal Abscess common causes

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Common causes include ruptured appendix and inflammatory bowel disease.

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Intra-abdominal Abscess common pathogens

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E. coli (aerobe) and B. fragilis (anaerobe)

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Intraperitoneal Abscess

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abscess in the abdominal cavity from colon fecal spillage

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Intraperitoneal Abscess pathogens

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Intestinal flora, infections are usually polymicrobial. GI anaerobes (B. fragilis*, Clostridium, Peptostreptococcus), Gram(-) bacilli (E. coli), Enterococcus

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Retroperitoneal Abscess

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Near the kidney or spine

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Retroperitoneal Abscess pathogens

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GI anaerobes (B. fragilis, Clostridium, Peptostreptococcus), Gram (-) bacilli (E. coli), Enterococcus

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Visceral abscess

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Within abdominal organs

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Visceral abscess pathogens

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GI anaerobes (B. fragilis, Clostridium, Peptostreptococcus), Gram (-) bacilli (E. coli), Enterococcus

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Hepatic abscess

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Due to perforation of biliary tract

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Cholecystitis, Cholangitis cause

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Caused by obstruction of the biliary tree (gallstone)
Septic cholecystitis (gallbladder) results from contamination by GI bacteria

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Cholecystitis, Cholangitis pathogens

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Infections are usually polymicrobial
GI anaerobes (B. fragilis, Clostridium, Peptostreptococcus), Gram (-) bacilli (E. coli), Enterococcus

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Appendicitis

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Septic appendicitis results from contamination by GI bacteria
Appendicitis is the most common cause of intra-abdominal sepsis

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Appendicitis pathogens
GI anaerobes (B. fragilis*, Clostridium, Peptostreptococcus), Gram (-) bacilli (E. coli*), Enterococcus
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Diverticulum
Diverticulum is an abnormal pouch/sac from a defect in the GI tract
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Diverticulitis
Inflammation and or infection of diverticulum
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Etiology of Diverticulitis
increased intraluminal pressure at points of weakness where perforating arteries enter colon wall lead to diverticulum formation → colon erosion → inflammation and perforation → infection by GI bacteria
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Diverticulitis pathogens
GI anaerobes (B. fragilis*, Clostridium, Peptostreptococcus), Gram (-) bacilli (E. coli*), Enterococcus
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Many fatalities from infections diarrhea is from what?
Dehydration
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Gastritis
Inflammation of stomach lining
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Enteritis
Inflammation of small intestine
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Colitis
Inflammation of large intestine
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Enterocolitis
Inflammation of the small and large intestines
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Gastroenteritis
AKA stomach flu Inflammation involving both stomach and small intestines
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Diarrhea
Abnormal bowel movement resulting in increase in water content, volume, and/or frequency of stool
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Non-inflammatory diarrhea
(watery or secretory diarrhea) infectious diarrheal disease of small intestines without mucosal inflammation
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Types of non-inflammatory diarrhea
Travelers' diarrhea and daycare diarrhea
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Non-inflammatory diarrhea pathogen
E. coli (travelers diarrhea)
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Travelers' diarrhea
non-inflammatory acquired during international travel in underdeveloped (tropical) regions. obtained via consumption of contaminated food and drink (foodborne)
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Travelers' diarrhea pathogen
E. coli
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Daycare diarrhea
infants are more prone to diarrhea diseases b/c their immune system and GI microflora are in development, put contaminated objects (fomites) in their month, and spread disease by fecal-oral contact
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Inflammatory Diarrhea
infections diarrheal disease with mucosal inflammation
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Inflammatory Diarrhea pathogens
Campylobacter jejuni most common cause in developed countries E. coli is also a pathogen for this
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How does Food poisoning occur?
GI inflammation can occur either if the pathogens of their enterotoxins are present in contaminated food and travel to the intestines
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Staphylococcal food poisoning
Results from ingestion of preformed enterotoxins Bacterial source is usually skin and nasal carriage of food preparers
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Bacillus cerus food poisoning
"Fried rice syndrome" In flash fried rice, the spores remain intact and germinate in the intestines after ingestion
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Campylobacteriosis pathogen
Caused by Campylobacter jejuni
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Campylobacteriosis transmission
transmitted to humans most commonly through poultry products
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Campylobacteriosis can cause what?
Inflammatory diarrhea and reactive arthritis
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Salmonellosis pathogen and transmission
nontyphoidal infections (non-inflammatory diarrhea) often caused by Salmonella typhimurium. Transmitted through food and handling of reptiles
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Enteric fever (Typhoid fever)
caused by Salmonella typhi and paratyphoid fever is caused by S. paratyphi Typhoidal salmonella differ from nontyphoidal species by their ability to pass through the intestinal lining Can cause inflammatory diarrhea
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Shigellosis is spread how?
fecal-oral contact
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Where is shigellosis common?
common in preschool/daycare settings (daycare watery diarrhea)
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Most common pathogen for shigellosis
Shigella sonnei which causes most shigellosis cases in the U.S.
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Cholera pathogen
Vibrio cholerae
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Cholera causes what?
massive diarrhea ("rice-water stool") → fatalities due to fluid loss
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Cholera is most commonly acquired how?
Most U.S. cases are due to eating raw shellfish from the Gulf of Mexico
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Listeriosis pathogen
Listeria monocytogenes
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Listeriosis is transmitted how? and who should avoid this?
Foodborne illness from diary, deli meats, seafood. These foods should be avoided in persons at risk for serious infection of in pregnancy
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E. coli Gastroenteritis can be what kind of diarrhea
Escherichia coli can cause either watery (common) or inflammatory diarrhea (less common).
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ETEC stands for
Enterotoxigenic E. coli
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ETEC accounts for what?
(watery diarrhea) accounts for most of the U.S. cases, (Travellers' diarrhea)
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EHEC stands for
Enterohemorrhagic E. coli
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EHEC does what?
including E. coli O157:H7 secretes large amounts Shiga toxin (i.e., verotoxin) that damages to the lining of the intestine causing hemorrhagic colitis → bloody diarrhea
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STEC stands for what
Shiga toxin producing E. coli
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O157:H7
Form of EHEC and is cause of serious outbreaks in U.S.
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Foodborne botulism
assoc. w/ the consumption of Clostridium botulinum spores in canned goods (e.g., baby food)
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Floppy baby syndrome
Caused by foodborne botulism (Clostridium botulinum)
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What does C. botulinum do in the body
C. botulinum releases BTX-A neurotoxins Impairing muscle contractions
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Clostridium difficile is responsible for what
Clostridium difficile is responsible for antibiotic-associated GI disease (i.e., C. difficile associated diarrhea (CDAD)
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Clostridium difficile susceptibility to antibiotics?
C. difficile is nonsusceptble to most antibiotics, permitting it to overgrow when patients’ antibiotics kill off the GI microflora
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How does C. diff take hold?
when patients are on broad spectrum antibiotics, the GI bacteria are killed leading to the overgrowth of C. difficile
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Where do most C. diff infections originate?
C. difficile colonizes the GI while patients are in hospitals and long-term treatment facilities spores are transmitted between patients by oral ingestion, often by healthcare workers
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Chronic inflammation from C. diff can cause what?
chronic inflammation can lead to toxic megacolon complication
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What are the enteroviruses?
Rotavirus and Norovirus
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Rotavirus causes what
rotaviruses cause human infantile gastroenteritis
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How is rotavirus transmitted and where is it common?
person-to-person by fecal-oral route, common in preschool/daycares
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Symptom of rotavirus
Watery diarrhea
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Norovirus former name
Norwalk virus
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What is the most common cause of VIRAL foodborne disease in the U.S.?
Norovirus
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How is Norovirus transmitted?
Person-to-person via fecal oral route
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Symptom of norovirus
Watery diarrhea

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