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1
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where does inflammation from campylobacteria effect

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colon and rectum - therefore blood

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where does inflammation from salmonella effect

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ileum and colon - less absorption fluid

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salmonella - population effected

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exposure to infected cattle or animals

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E.coli population affected

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nursery children

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shigella population affected

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young children e.g. nursery

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shigella diarrhoea

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pus cells and blood

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shigella inflammation

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of mucosa

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C diff diarrhoea

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watery

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S aureus acts directly on which CN

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CNX causing gag reflex

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s aureus food type

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cream confectionary

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s aureus other characteristics

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hypothermia
weakness
cramps
headache

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what do you get from meat gravy

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clostridium pefrinigens

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vibrio cholera - what test

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stool culture

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vibrio cholera most common from

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ABROAD - contaminated food or water, poor hygiene, person to person spread

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vibrio cholera stools

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RICE WATER

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vibrio cholera treatment

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rehydration

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17
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cause of travellers diarrhoea

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Enterotoxigenic E coli

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Enterotoxigenic E coli diarrhoea

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profuse watery

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cryptosporidium worse for what patients

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with HIV

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cryptosporidium caught from

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contaminated water e.g. swimming pools
domestic animals
person to person

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enterobius vermicularis

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threadworms

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enterobius vermicularis population affected

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school children and associated people

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enterobius vermicularis symptoms

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perianal itch and worms in stool

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enterobius vermicularis treatment

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oral mebendazole

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what investigation do you do for parasites
stool microscopy
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bristol stool chart type 1
separate hard lumps like nuts
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bristol stool chart type 2
sausage shaped but lumpy
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bristol stool chart type 3
sausage but with cracks on surface
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bristol stool chart type 4
sausage or snake - smooth and soft
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bristol stool chart type 5
soft blobs with clear cut edges
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bristol stool chart type 6
fluffy wtih ragge edges
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bristol stool chart type 7
water - liquid
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what is a rare complication of campylobacter
guillan barre
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what is there a risk of with salmonella
bacteraemia
35
what cause vomiting
salmonella bacillus cereus s aureus vibrae cholera E coli
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what is the most common cause of renal failure <5 in the UK
E coli 0157
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what do you get from SE asia
enteric fever
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what do you treat enteric fever with if patient is unstable
ceftriaxone
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what does the vaccine for enteric fever do
give partial protection against typhoid and no protection against parathyphoid
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what are come complications of enteric fever
Gi bleeding, Gi perforation, encephlopathy and bone or joint infection
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what is seen on the abdomen with salmonella typhi
rose spots - rash
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what 3 things have preformed toxins
s aureus c pefrinigens b cereus
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what do you get from rice
bacillus cereus
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what do Cryptosporidium cysts stain wtih
ZN stain
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what do you diagnose Cryptosporidium | with
duodenal aspirate and stool
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how do you diagnose giardiasis
duodenal aspirate
47
what dos chaga's disease cause
megaoesosphagus parsympathetic denervation affecting the colon and or oesophagus
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what are cestodes
tapeworms
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what do taenia solium eggs cause
cysticerosis - seizures
50
what are trematodes
flukes
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name a trematode
schistosomiasis
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what is the most common nematode (roundworm)
ascariasis
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what is the treatment for C diff
oral metronidazole severe - oral vancomycin
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what may severe C diff progress to
pseudomembraneous colitis or bowel perforation toxic megacolon
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what do you treat amoeibiasis with
Metronidazole and diloxanide furoate or paromomycin to clear gut
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what is acute travellers diarrhoea
3 loose stools in 24 hours
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what do you diagnose travellers diarrhoea with
stoop wet prep and culture
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what is the cause of travellers diarrhoea
enteroxigenic E coli
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what can Leptospirosis cause
hepatic jaundice - weils disease
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what does weils disease cause
Icteric, haemorrhagic and renal failure

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