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gram positive, spore forming, anaerobic rod

- antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous diarrhea and colitis

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C. difficile

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which C. diff toxin is an enterotoxin, causing diarrhea?

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toxin A

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which C. diff toxin is a cytotoxin -> cytotoxic to the colonic cells?

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toxin B

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what does C. diff infection in the colon lead to?

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red inflamed mucosa with areas of white exudate (pseudomembranes on the surface) of the large intestine

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what antibiotics are frequently associated with C. diff infection?

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  • fluoroquinolones
  • clindamycin
  • cephalosporins
  • penicillins
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what antibiotics are rarely associated with C. diff infection, and thus can be used as treatment?

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  • vancomycin
  • metronidazole
  • fidaxomicin
  • NOTE: aminoglycosides, tetracyclines mentioned on table
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what is the preferred treatment for severe C. diff infection?

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vancomycin

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what is the preferred treatment for mild C. diff infection?.

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metronidazole

  • has disulfrum-like effect (pt will throw up if taken with alcohol) KNOW THIS
  • also causes metallic-taste in mouth
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what is the preferred treatment for recurrent C. diff infection?

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fidaxomicin

- spares many anaerobic colonic flora

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what is the most common cause of duodenal ulcers ad chronic gastritis?

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H. pylori

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what are the key drugs used to treat H. pylori infection?

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  • omeprazole (PPI)
  • metronidazole
  • tetracycline
  • bismuth subsalicylate
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“classic amoeba”

- trophozoites invade intestinal mucosa -> portal blood circulation -> liver abscesses

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Entamoeba histolytica

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what is the life cycles of entamoeba histolytica?

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trophozoite -> binucleated precyst -> tetranucleated cyst (what is pathogenic)

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what drugs are used to eliminate the invading trophozoites?

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metronidazole or tinidazole

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what drugs are used to eradicate intestinal carriage of the organism (luminal amebicide)

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  • *paromomycin** or iodoquinol

- no effect on extraintestinal organisms

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when would you use luminal amebicide agents?

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for asymptomatic carriers (cysts or trophozoites without internalized red blood cells in the cytoplasm)

NOTE: both metronidazole and tinidazole still given with luminal amebicide, to ensure eradication of infection)

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what luminal amebicide is contraindicated in a patient with an iodine allergy/sensitivity?

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iodoquinol

- used as luminal amebicide, no effect against extraintestinal organisms

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what is the MOA of iodoquinol?

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halogenated hydroxyquinoline

- 90% is retained in the intestine and excreted in the feces

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what are the adverse effects of iodoquinol?

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diarrhea, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, headache, rash, pruritis

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kite-shaped trophozoite, 5% of US adults and infected (mostly asymptomatic)

  • coat small intestine, interfering with fat absorption
  • do NOT invade the intestinal wall -> do NOT cause bloody stool
  • gassy, frothy diarrhea
  • must examine stool for cytst
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giardia lamblia

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what are the pharmacological agents used to treat giardia lamblia?

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tinidazole (first line agent)

- or nitazoxanide

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this drug inhibits the pyruvate-ferredoxin oxidoreductase enzyme (which is essential to anaerobic energy metabolism)
- is a prodrug, what is it’s active metabolite?

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nitazoxanide
- active metabolite is tizoxanide

  • rapidly absorbed, excreted in urine and feces
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what are the adverse effects of nitazoxanide?

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nausea, anorexia, flatulence, increased appetite, enlarged salivary glands, yellow eyes, dysuria, bright yellow urine

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oocyst with 4 motile sporozoites

  • life cycle occurs within intestinal epithelial cells (causing diarrhea and abdominal pain)
  • self limiting if immunocompetent
  • can be life threatening if immunocompromised (3-17 L/day)
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cryptosporidium parvum

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what is the treatment for cryptosporidium parvum? | - antidiarrheal AND antimicrobial
- antidiarrheal: **loperamide** (Sheehy's favorite, the failed opioid that's just a diarrhea med now) - antimicrobial: nitazoxanide (preferred), or paromomycin
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what drug therapy is given for cryptosporidium parvum treatment in HIV patients?
antiretroviral therapy + nitazoxanide | - the main goal is to restore immune function
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usually macroscopic helminth (dx requires visualization of microscopic eggs in feces) - no immune response to worms, but response to dead worms and eggs (elevation of eosinophils)
nematodes
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nematode that penetrates bare skin between toes | - larvae travel to lungs (alveoli) -> grow, are coughed up and swallowed -> adult worms dvlp in small intestine
necator americanus and ancylostoma duodenale (hook worms)
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worm eggs excreted in feces -> larvae penetrate intestine and travel to lung -> larvae grown, are coughed up, and swallowed -> worms dvlp in small intestine -> release fertilized eggs in fecels
ascaris lumbricoides
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larvae in soil, penetrates human skin, travels to lungs -> larvae grow in lungs -> coughed up and swallowed -> **EGGS ARE NOT PASSED IN STOOL!!!**
strongyloides stercoralis | - hatched larvae can autoinfect, extrete in feces -> infect, or excrete in feces, lay eggs, and new larvae -> infect
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vomiting, abdominal bloating, diarrhea, anemia, wt loss - immunospuuressive medications can lead to severe auto-infection - dx: larvae in feces, enterotest
strongyloides stercoralis
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simple life cycle: ingestion of food with infective eggs -> eggs hatch in small intestine, migration to cecum and ascending large intestine -> mature adult produces thousands of eggs per day for 1 year - **NO LARVAE, NO TRANSIT THROUGH INTESTINAL WALL, NO LUNG INVOLVEMENT, NO EOSINOPHILIA, NO AUTO-INFECTION!**
trichuris trichiura (whip worm)
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which worm has football shaped eggs?
trichuris trichura
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eggs ingested, pinworms mature in cecum and ascending colon -> female migrates to perianal area (at night to lay eggs) -> eggs infectious 4-6 hours later - **severe perianal itching** -> hand-mouth transmission - no eosinophilia
``` enterobius vermicularis (pinworm) - SCOTCH TAPE TEST! ```
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what are the two broad spectrum oral anti-heminthic agents?
albendazole and mebendazole | - (worms are bendy!)
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what is the MOA of albendazole and mebendazole?
inhibit microtubule synthesis, paralyzing worms -> worms passed in stool - are prodrugs, active metabolite produced after the first pass effect
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what are the pharmacokinetics of thiabendazole?
rapidly absorbed after ingestion, largely excreted in urine, can be absorbed from the skin - NOTE: same MOA as albendazole/mebendazole (just diff side groups)
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what are the adverse effects of thiabendazole?
dizziness, anorexia, nausea, vomiting - irreversible liver failure, fatal Stevens-Johnson syndrome NOTE: much more toxic than albendazole/mebendazole (so it isn't used much!)
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what is the MOA of ivermectin?
intensifies y-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-mediated transmission of signals in peripheral nerves of the nematode
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rapidly absorbed, oral only, wide distribution, excretion in feces - adverse effects are uncommon - should not be combined with other drugs that enhance GABA activity (barbituates, benzodiazepines, valproid acid)
ivermectin
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neuromuscular blocking agent, causes release of acetylcholine and inhibits cholinesterase - results in paralysis and expulsion of the nematode - poorly absorved from GI tract, half administered dose recovered unchanged in feces - infrequent/transient adverse effects
pyrantel pamoate
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albendazole is the primary drug for which 3 worms?
- n. americanus/ a.duodenale - a. lumbricoides - e. vermicularis
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mebendazole is the primary drug for which 3 worms?
- a. lumbricoides - t. trichiura - e. vermicularis
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ivermectin is the drug of choice for which worm?
s. stercoralis
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pyrantel pamoate in the drug of choice for which worm?
e. vermicularis
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what are the 3 primary drugs used to treat e. vermicularis?
- albendazole - mebendazole - pyrantel pamoate
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what are the 2 primary drugs used to treat a. lumbricoides?
- albendazole | - mebendazole
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these worms are extremely common worldwide, found in fresh water - invade venous system through exposed skin -> eggs must reach fresh water to hatch -> adult worms are able to survive and release eggs for years (NOT killed by immune system -> molecular mimicry)
schistosoma spp (blood flukes)
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where are S. japonicum worms found? - where do they reside? - where do they deposit eggs?
Eastern Asia - intestinal tract - feces
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where are S. mansoni worms found? - where do they reside? - where do they deposit eggs?
South America and Africa - intestinal tract - feces
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where are S. haematobium worms found? - where do they reside? - where do they deposit eggs?
Africa - **bladder** - urine
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eggs hatch in fresh water, larvae infect and mature within a snail -> infect humans (exposed skin) -> mate in intrahepatic portion of portal venous system -> migrate to veins surrounding intestine of bladder to lay eggs -> eggs enter the lumen of intestine or bladder to be excreted
schistosoma spp (blood flukes)
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dermatitis (immediate), Katayama fever (fever, hives, bronchospasm, hepatosplenomegaly 4-8 weeks later), chronic fibrosis (d/t egg deposits that don't make it to bladder)
schistosoma spp.
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what is the treatment for schistosoma?
**praziquantel**
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what is the MOA of praziquantel?
increases the permeability of nematode and cestode cell membrane to calcium -> paralysis, dislodgment, and death
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what are the pharmackoinetics of praziquantel?
oral administration, rapidly absorbed, excreted mainly by the kidneys
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what are the adverse effects of praziquantel?
headache, dissiness, drowsiness, fatigue (drug's fault) | - after several days: low grade fever, pruritis, skin rash (dead worm's fault, body clearing infection)
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acquired by ingestion of undercooked pork containing larvae - attaches via hooks - diagnosed by proglottids and/or eggs in feces
taenia solium
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acquired by ingestion of indercooked beef - attaches via suckers - diagnosed by proglottids and/or eggs in feces
taenia saginata
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pigs/cows ingest eggs from field contaminated with human feces -> larvae disseminate through intestine into muscle of the aminal -> larvae develop into cysticerci -> humans inject undercooked meat -> tapeworm matures in intestine
taenia solium and taenia saginata | - clinically manifests as weight loss nad malnutrition
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acquired by ingesting larvae in raw freshwater fish - adult tape worm in human ingestion excretes gradis proglottids with eggs -> eggs hatch in water and convert to motile larvae -> ingested by human - dx by proglottids and eggs in feces
diphyllobothrium latum | - few abdominal symptoms, worm absorbs vitamin B12 (anemia)
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extra-intestinal tapeworm infection - dogs and sheep perpetuate the life cycle with a human acting as a dead end: humans ingest eggs from dog feces -> eggs hatch in intestine and larva form hydatid cysts
echinoccus granulosus
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what 3 drugs are used for cestode treatment?
- **praziquantel** - niclosamide - albendazole
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what is unique about niclosamide?
it is the only drug that KILLS (rather than paralyzing) the worm - **but it isn't used often d/t side effects, long duration of therapy, and limited availability**
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what is the MOA of niclosamide?
uncouples oxidative phosphorylation, blocking uptake of glucose - not effective against hydatid cysts

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