GI infections 3 Flashcards
(43 cards)
Define diarrhea
What are the risk groups for diarrhea?
Contrast inflammatory & non-inflammatory diarrhea
Contrast the pathophysiology of inflammatory and non-inflammatory
What’s the etiology of inflammatory & noninflammatory disease?
Usually viral, but can bacterial or parasitic- noninflammatory
Generally, invasive or toxin-producing bacteria- inflammatory
Contrast history & examination findings of inflammatory & noninflammatory diarrrhea
What are the laboratory findings differences of noninflammatory & inflammatory?
Noninflammatory- absence of fecal leukocytes
Inflammatory- presence of fecal leukocytes
What are the common pathologies of noninflammatory and inflammatory?
Noninflammatory- generally milder (non-invasive) disease but severe fluid loss can still occur, especially in malnourished patients
Inflammatory- generally more severe disease(invasive)
What’s a food borne infection?
What is the symptomology of food borne?
Describe the mortality diarrhea
What are the categories of food borne illnesses?
Where is E. coli located?
Describe the biology of E. coli
What are the Enterobacteriaceae members?
What is the biochemistry of E. coli?
Describe the antigenic structures of E. Coli
What are the virulence factors of E. coli?
Describe the Enterotoxigenic E. Coli
Where is the relative risk of traveller’s diarrhea?
Describe the ETEC pathogenesis
What are the enterotoxins of plasmid-encoded?
What’s the MOA of ETEC?
What causes infantile diarrhea?
