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What type of bacteria is Clostridium Botulinum?

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Anaerobic, gram-positive spore forming rod (Bacillus)

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What is the pathophysiology of the botulism neurotoxin?

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Neurotoxin inhibits acetylcholine release at the neuromuscular junction, leading to weakness, flaccid paralysis and respiratory arrest

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What are the two most common transmission routes for Botulism?

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  • Adults: ingestion of toxin in canned, smoke, and vacuum-packed foods
  • Infants: ingestion of honey before age 1
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Symptoms of Botulism occur how long after ingestion of toxin

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12-36 hours

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Symptoms of Botulism

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  • Prodromal GI symptoms
  • 8 D’s: Diplopia, Dysphagia, Dilated/Fixed Pupils, Dysarthria, Dysphonia, Descending Decreased muscle strength, Decreased DTRs
  • Floppy Baby Syndrome: flaccid paralysis, weak cry, poor feeding
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Diagnostics for Botulism

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  • Clinical

- Can be confirmed via toxin assay from stool, wound, or serum

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Treatment of Foodborne Botulism

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If > 1 year old: Equine-derived heptavalent antitoxin
If < 1 year old: human-derived botulism immune globulin

NO ABX IF FOOD DERIVED OR INFANTILE it may lyse the bacteria

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If Botulism comes from a wound, what is the treatment?

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Antitoxin + Penicillin G (Metronidazole if PCN allergy)

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True or False: Campylobacter Jejuni is the MCC of bacterial enteritis in the US

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True

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What is the main source of Campylobacter Jejuni?

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Contaminated food (raw or undercooked poultry), raw milk, contaminated water, dairy cattle. Puppies are an important source in children.

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Symptoms of Campylobacter Jejuni

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  • Fever, crampy peri umbilical abdominal pain (may mimic appendicitis)
  • Diarrhea that begins as watery and progresses to bloody
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What shape bacteria is Campylobacter Jejuni?

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S, comma, or “seagull shaped” gram-negative organisms

-Vibrio

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What is the diagnostic of choice for Campylobacter Jejuni

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Stool culture

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Treatment for Campylobacter Jejuni

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  • Fluid and electrolyte replacement is mainstay of treatment

- In severe or high risk patients, Macrolides (Azithromycin) when needed

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MC overall bacterial cause of STI’s in the US

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Chlamydia

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Symptoms of Chlamydia (remember associated with different conditions)

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  • Urethritis: purulent or mucopurulent discharge, pruritus, dysuria, hematuria
  • PID: Cervical motion tenderness
  • Reactive arthritis: urethritis, uveitis, arthritis
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What is the diagnostic of choice for Chlamydia?

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NAAT (vaginal swab or first catch urine)

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Treatment for Chlamydia?

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Azithromycin or Doxycycline

-Also treat for Gonorrhea with Ceftriaxone

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Vibrio Cholerae (Cholera) is what shape bacteria?

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Gram-negative comma-shaped rod

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How is Cholera transmitted

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Contaminated food and water

-Outbreaks occur during poor sanitation and overcrowding situations (abroad)

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Symptoms of Cholera

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-Copious watery diarrhea = rice water stools (gray with flecks of mucus and may have a fishy odor but no blood or pus)

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Treatment of Vibrio Cholera

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  • Oral rehydration therapy and electrolyte replacement

- Tetracyclines

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Symptoms of Diphtheria

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  • Tonsillopharyngitis or Laryngitis
  • Myocarditis
  • Pseudomembrane (friable gray white membrane on pharynx) that bleeds if scraped
  • Cervical LAD with bull neck
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Treatment for Diphtheria

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  • Diphtheria Antitoxin (horse serum) + Erythromycin or Penicillin x 2 weeks
  • Place respiratory droplet isolation
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Prophylaxis for Close Contacts of Diphtheria
-Erythromycin x 7-10 days or Penicillin G x 1 dose
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Gonorrhea is what shape?
Gram-negative diplococci
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Most sensitive diagnostic for gonorrhea
NAAT
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Symptoms of Gonorrhea
-Urethritis: discharge, PID, prostatitis
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-If the gonorrhea is disseminated, what are the symptoms?
-Triad of dermatitis, polyarthralgias, and tenosynovitis (tenderness along tendon sheath)
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Purulent gonococcal septic arthritis occurs in which joint most frequently
The knee Especially in women during menses
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Treatment for Gonococcal arthritis
-IV Ceftriaxone
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Treatment for Urethritis and cervicitis associated with gonorrhea
-Ceftriaxone 250 IM + Doxy or Azithromycin
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What four medications are usually used Orally for treatment of MRSA
- Clindamycin - Doxycycline - Trimethoprim-Sulfamethazole - Linezolid IV: Vancomycin, Linezolid
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Rheumatic Fever generally occurs in what age range?
Children 5-15 years old
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Rheumatic Fever is due to an infection of
Group A Streptococcus (Strep Pyogenes)
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The Jones Criteria is associated with Rheumatic Fever. Explain what is included in the JONES criteria MAJOR criteria
J: Joint (migratory polyarthralgia) O: Oh My heart (active carditis) N: Nodules (Subcutaneous) E: Erythema Marginatum (macular, non-pruritic rash with clear borders on trunk and extremities) S: Sydenham's Chorea (Sudden, involuntary jerky purposeless movements)
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What is included in the MINOR JONES Criteria?
- Fever - Arthralgia (Joint Pain) - Increased ESR/CRP/Leukocytosis - ECG: Prolonged PR Interval
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In regards to the JONES criteria, you need major and minor, PLUS what?
- Supporting evidence of a recent group A Strep infection - -Positive throat culture - -Rapid strep antigen - -Elevated Strep Ab titers
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Treatment for Rheumatic Fever
- Aspirin | - Penicillin G (Erythromycin if PCN allergy)
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What is one major complication of Rheumatic Fever?
Rheumatic Heart Disease (mitral MC or aortic)
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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is caused by what organism?
Rickettsia Rickettsii
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What are two vectors of Rickettsia Rickettsii
Dermacentor Andersoni (Wood tick) & Variabilis (Dog Tick)
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Where is Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever MC?
South-central and Southeastern US
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Symptoms of RMSF
- Rash, headache, fever, chills, myalgias - -Rash: blanching, erythematous macular rash on wrists and ankles (palms and soles) then spreads to trunk - Periorbital or pedal edema in kids - ARDS, cardiac problems, retinal abnormalities
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True or False: RMSF is a clinical diagnosis and you should not wait for serologies?
True!
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Treatment in a non-pregnant patient for RMSF
Doxycycline, even if < 8 years old
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What is the treatment of choice for a patient who is pregnant with RMSF?
Chloramphenicol -All treatment for RMSF should begin within 5 days of symptom onset to reduce mortality.
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Causes of Salmonellosis
- Poultry, eggs, milk products, fresh produce | - Contact with reptiles
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Symptoms of Salmonellosis
- nausea, vomiting, fever, abdominal cramping - Pea soup diarrhea - May be bloody, malaise, headaches
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Treatment for Salmonellosis
- Oral rehydration and electrolyte replacement therapy (usually self-limited) - Fluoroquinolones are first line when needed (-oxacin)
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Shigellosis is caused by Shigella Sonnei. What is the shape of this bacteria?
-Gram negative rod (bacillus)
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Which population is the most at risk for Shigellosis?
Children < 5 years in a daycare
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Shigellosis is transmitted via fecal-oral route and is highly virulent. name some symptoms of this disease
- Lower abdominal pain - Explosive watery diarrhea that progresses to mucoid/bloody diarrhea - Febrile seizures
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Diagnostics for Shigellosis
- Stool Cultures - CBC: Leukemoid Reaction ( WBC > 50,000) - Sigmoidoscopy: punctate areas of ulceration
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Treatment for Shigellosis
- Oral rehydration and electrolyte replacement are mainstay - Anti-motility drugs should be avoided (can worsen disease) - Fluoroquinolones if severe (-oxacin)
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Transmission of Tetanus
-In Soil; germinates especially in puncture wounds and crush wounds
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Pathophysiology of Tetanus
-Neurotoxin blocks neuron inhibition by blocking release of inhibitory neurotransmitters GABA and glycine. This leads to severe muscle spasm.
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Symptoms of Tetanus
- Local muscle spasms - Neck of jaw stiffness (trismus) - Risus sardonicus (facial contractions) - Increased DTR
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Treatment for Tetanus
- Metronidazole + IM Tetanus immune globulin | - Benzodiazepines to reduce spasms or IV Mag
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Prophylaxis for patients with close contact with someone with Tetanus (both if vaccinated and if not vaccinated)
- If vaccinated: Tdap or booster every 10 years | - Never vaccinated: Tetanus immune globulin + tetanus toxoid vaccine

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