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Lecture 6.1: Infectious Diseases of the GI Flashcards

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What is Infection?

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The process whereby a pathogenic organism invades and multiplies in or on host tissue

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Transmission Routes of Infection

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  • Endogenous Infection
  • Air-borne Spread
  • Faeco-oral Spread
  • Vector Borne
  • Direct Person to Person
  • Indirect Person to Person
  • Direct Inoculation (e.g bite)
  • Consumption of Infected Material
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Pathogenic Mechanisms: Epithelial Attachment

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  • Attach via adhesion molecules (adhesins) of either pili or fimbrae
  • Some bacteria have the ability to produce a protective slime
  • Specific organs e.g. buccal plates of hookworms
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Pathogenic Mechanisms: Colonization and Invasion

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  • May travel to intracellular locations
  • May remain extracellular
  • May enter blood/lymph circulations
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Pathogenic Mechanisms: Tissue Dysfunction

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• Cell lysis
• Production of toxins
• Endotoxins = cell wall compounds of G-ve bacteria which generate an
inflammatory response in the host
• Exotoxin = secreted proteins (act both locally and at a distance)

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What is Gastroenteritis?

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Irritation/inflammation of the stomach resulting in cramping pain, nausea and
vomiting and diarrhoea

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What is Diarrhoea?

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Abnormal faecal discharge characterised by frequent and/or fluid stool >3/day)

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Bristol Stool Chart: Type 1

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  • Separate Hard Lumps

* Very Constipated

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Bristol Stool Chart: Type 2

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  • Lumpy and Sausage-like

* Slightly Constipated

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Bristol Stool Chart: Type 3

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  • Sausage shape with cracks on surface

* Normal

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Bristol Stool Chart: Type 4

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  • Like a smooth sausage/ snake

* Normal

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Bristol Stool Chart: Type 5

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  • Soft blobs with clear-cut edges

* Lacking fibre

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Bristol Stool Chart: Type 6

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  • Mushy consistency with ragged edges
  • Inflammation
  • Diarrhoea
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Bristol Stool Chart: Type 7

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  • Liquid with no solids
  • Inflammation
  • Diarrhoea
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What are the 4 Groups of Viruses associated with Gastroenteritis?

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  • Rotaviruses (groups A, B and C)
  • Enteric Adenoviruses (types 40 and 41)
  • Calici Viruses (noroviruses, sapoviruses)
  • Astroviruses
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Rotavirus

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• Major cause of infantile gastroenteritis worldwide (>200K deaths in children
<5)
• Asymptomatic infections are common (more so in breast-fed babies)

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How can Rotavirus Infections be detected? (2)

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  • Infection can be established via genome amplification

* ELISA for detection in faeces

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What are the 3 different ways diarrhoea is caused?

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  • Mucosal adherence
  • Mucosal invasion
  • Production of toxins
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What are the 2 syndromes Bacterial Gastroenteritis can be divided into?

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  • Watery diarrhoea (toxins or adherence)

* Dysentery (mucosal invasion and damage)

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What is the Salmonella Bacteria?

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Salmonella is a genus of rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae

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What is a Salmonella Infection caused by?

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Salmonella infection is usually caused by eating raw or undercooked meat, poultry, and eggs or egg products or by drinking unpasteurized milk

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Symptoms of Salmonella

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  • Symptoms commence 12-48 hours after infection
  • Nausea
  • Cramping
  • Diarrhoea (watery->bloody)
  • Fever
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How often does Bacteraemia occur in Salmonella?

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May occur in 1-4% of cases

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How to diagnose Salmonella?

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Specific diagnosis from culture of the organism from faeces or blood

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What is Food Poisoning?
Any disease of an infective or toxic nature caused by or thought to be caused by the consumption of food and water
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What are Helminthic Infections? Where are they most common?
* Infections caused by different species of parasitic worms | * Common in developing countries (affects humans & domestic animals)
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What are the most common Helminthic Infections?
* Nematodes (Roundworms)- have mouthparts + guts * Trematodes (Flukes)- have mouthparts + guts * Cestodes (Tapeworms)- absorb nutrients across body surface
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How long can worms live?
Have the potential to live for ~30 years in some cases
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What are Nematodes? Mechanism of Infection?
* Also termed soil-helminthes or geohelminthes * Ingestion of eggs that have matured in soil * Eggs hatch in soil and larvae penetrate skin directly
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Enterobius (Threadworm or Pinworm)
Nematodes Ova transferred from perianal area to fomites Worm 2-12mm in length Larvae develop in small intestine, adults reside in colon
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Symptoms and Treatment of Enterobius (Threadworm or Pinworm)
* Perianal Irritation * Weightloss * Bedwetting * Mebendazole * Piperazine * Good Hygiene
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What are Fomites?
Objects or materials which are likely to carry infection, such as clothes, utensils, and furniture
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What are Trematodes?
Flat, leaf-shaped worms
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Liver Flukes
* Freshwater snails are intermediate hosts * Encyst on aquatic vegetation that is then consumed by humans * Penetrate gut wall and migrate to live (produces systemic allergic symptoms)
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What are Cestodes?
* Flatworm Phylum | * 15 to 50 mm Long
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How do Cestodes attach to intestines?
They have four 'suckers' to adhere to the gut wall
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How do Cestodes infect humans?
* Arising from anterior region are segmets called proglottids * These distally contain eggs * Eggs released into faeces and consumed by intermediate hosts * Eventually consumed by host (cattle, pigs) * Humans consume undercooked meat * Results in infection and development usually of a single tapeworm
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Symptoms of having a Cestode Infection? (9)
* Nutritional Deficiencies * Intestinal blockage if intense infestation * Nausea * Weakness * Abdominal Pain * Diarrhoea * Dizziness * Salt Craving * Weight Loss
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Types of Protozoal Infections? (5)
* Amoebea – Entamoeba histolytica (Amboebiasis) * Flagellates – Giardia intestinalis (Giardiasis) * Coccidia – Cryptosporidium parvum (Cryptosporidiosis) * Cilliates – Balantidium coli (Balantidisis) * Microspora – Enterocytozoon bieneusi (Microsporidiosis)
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What is Giardiasis?
* Most common parasitic infection of travellers returning to UK * Diarrhoeal disease caused by the microscopic parasite Giardia duodenalis * When in gut it can change morphology, mild partial villous atrophy
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Symptoms and Treatment of Gisardiasis
* Diarrhoea * Nausea * Anorexia * Abdominal Pain * If illness is prolonged steatorrhoea is seen * Metronidazole 2g/day, 3 days usually does the job
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What is Steatorrhoea?
It is an increase of fat excretion in the stools

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