Microbiology Flashcards
(30 cards)
most common uk cause of acute diarrhoea
viral
most common cause of childhood viral gastroenteritis worldwide
rotavirus
commonest cause of viral gastroenteritis worldwide
norovirus
beef, pork, dairy, lettuce
ecoli
bloody diarrhoea, haemolytic anaemia, haemolytic uraemic syndrome, thrombocytopenia
shiga toxin
s dysentarieae
shigella treatment
severe - fluoroquinolone, ceftriaxone, amoxicillin
most likely cause of food poisoning
campylobacter (c jejuni)
poultry, milk, cheese
campylobacter
poultry, eggs, reptiles, water
salmonella
can cause typhoid fever
salmonella
complications of salmonella
metastatic infection (osteomyelitis, abcess)
treatment of non-typhoidal salmonella
fluoroquinolone/ceftriaxone
treatment of typhoidal salmonella
ceftriaxone
gi followed by neurological
c. botulinum
tins/home preserves
c. botulinum
treatment of c. botulinum
icu, antitoxin, debridement of wounds, benzyl penicillin
disruption of normal flora following abx
c diff
treatment of c diff
stop existing abx, metronidazole and vancomycin
shellfish, ricewater diarrhoea
vibrio cholerae
eia antigen in stool
giardia lambia, cryptosporidium
treatment of giardia lamiblia
metronidazole
invasive amoebic dysentry, liver/lung abcess
antoemeba histolytica
treatment of cryptosporidium
nitazoxamide
AIDS patients
cryptosporidium
