Week 5 Flashcards
Enteric fever is AKA which type of fever
Typhoid
Cruise ships are notorious for which viruses?
Rotavirus, norovirus
Commonest cause of Traveller’s Diarrhoea?
ETEC
Antibiotic treatment of Traveller’s Diarrhoea?
Single dose ciprofloxacin (or clarithromycin if resistant)
Wet stool prep is used to screen for what?
Amoebic trophozites
First-line therapy of Traveller’s Diarrhoea?
Supportive
Enteric fever is most common in those returning from which 2 areas?
India, SE Asia
Incubation time of typhoid?
7-18 days
Causative agent of typhoid (2)
Salmonella typhi or paratyphi
Treatment of choice in typhoid?
IV ceftriaxone
Typhoid vaccine is effective/ineffective against paratyphi?
Ineffective
Severe complication of E. coli O157 infection
HUS
Weil’s Disease is a severe form of…
Leptospiorsis
Rocky Mountain Fever is also known as
Rickettsia
Infective hepatic causes of jaundice include
Hepatitis A and E, leptospirosis, malaria, enteric fever
Post-hepatic causes of jaundice include
Helminths inducing ascending cholangitis
Pre-hepatic causes of jaundice include
E. coli (HUS), shigella
Investigations for tropical pathogens (8)
Blood film (malaria, fragmentation), FBC, UE, LFT, CS, blood culture, US abdomen, serology
Tropical amoebiasis is caused by
Entamoema histolytica
Enatomema histolytica is spread via which route
Faecal-oral
Investigations for amoebiasis include (3)
Stool microscopy, AXR for toxic megacolon, endoscopy
Giardia is flagellated. True/false?
True
Giardia invades which regions of the bowel?
Duodenum, proximal jejunum
Incubation time for giardia is around
7 days
Antibiotic of choice for giardiasis
Metronidazole
Antibiotic of choice for amoebiasis
Metronidazole
Incubation time for amoebiasis
8-20 weeks
Which specific blood cells are associated with helminth infection?
Eosinophils
Nematodes are which type of worm?
Roundworm
Trematodes are which type of worm?
Flukes
Cestodes are which type of worm?
Tapeworms
Most common intestinal nematode is…
Ascaris
Common trematode (fluke) example
Schistomaisis
Common cestode (tapeworm) example
Taenia soliarum (pork) / saginatum (of beef)
Chagas disease is caused by…
Trypanasoma cruzi
Chagas disease is transmitted by
Triatome bug
Chagas disease results in…
Paraysmpathetic denervation, causing megacolon
How much fluid enters the GI tract per day?
9.3L
How much of the 9.3L of water received by the GI tract is absorbed in the SI?
8.3L
How much of the 9.3L of water received by the GI tract is absorbed in the LI?
1L
Water may move either (XXX/YYY) into cells
Transcellularly, paracellularly
Two important fluid absorption transporters in the SI are
Na+/glucose transporter and Na+/amino acid cotransporter
Are the two clinically relevant fluid transporters in lumen regulayed by cAMP or Ca?
No
Leading cause of diarrhoea in the UK
C. jejuni
4 antibiotics causing CDI
Co-amoxiclav, ciprofloxacin, clindamycin, cephlasporin
What situation requires IV fluids in diarrhoea?
> 10% of body weight lost in water
Glucose-facilitated sodium absorption in the ileum remains intact even in gastroenteritis. True/false?
True
Rehydration in gastroenteritis relies upon which transporter?
SGLT1
Antibiotics of choice for CDI?
Metronidazole, vancomycin
Anti-motility drug example in diarrhoea
Opioids
Main opiates used in diarrhoea are
Loperamide, diphenoxylate, codeine
Brand name of loperamide?
Imodium
Loperamdie is advantageous as…. (3)
It is mainly selective for GIT, low central penetrance, anti-muscarinic effects
Diphenoxylate contains which drug?
Atropine
Racecadotril is a pro-drug of…
Thiopharn
Impairment of the defecation reflex can occur in which disease?
Hirschprung
Difference between laxatives and purgatives?
Laxatives result in passage of soft, but formed stools, while purgatives evacuate everything (including fluid)
Potential complication of laxative abuse? (1)
Hypokalaemia
Most common type of laxative?
Bulk (indigestible fibers)
Other types of laxatives (3)
Stimulant purgatives, osmotic laxatives, faecal softners
Times when laxatives are valid (5)
At risk patients (e.g. hernia), constipation, bedridden, expulsion of parasites, prepare ailmentary canal before surgery
Most common cause of hospital-acquired diarrhoea?
CDI
Toxins produced by clostridium difficile? (2)
A (enterotoxin) and B (cytotoxin)
C. difficile’s Gram appearance
Gram positive, sporulating bacillus
Treatment of choice for less severe cases of CDI?
Metronidazole (oral)
Treatment of choice for severe CDI?
Oral vancomycin
Extremely virulent strains of CDI?
O27 and O78
Commonest cause of D&V in children <3yo?
Rotavirus
Rotavirus is mainly spread via which route?
Person to person
Rotavirus in adults is usually
Subclinical/mild
Infectious dose for rotavirus?
100-1000
The rotavirus vaccineis given in (X) doses, usually at ages _ and _
2 doses, 2 and 3 months
The rotavirus vaccine is which type?
Live-attenuated
Diagnosis of rotavirus is by…
Stool PCR
Rotavirus vaccine is NOT given to infants >XX weeks, due to increased risk of YY
24 weeks, intussuspection
Norovirus is spread mainly via (2)
Faecal-oral and droplets
Norovirus may survive as a fomite for how long?
Weeks
Incubation time for norovirus?
<24 hours
CPC of norovirus?
Sudden onset D&V
Hepatitis A and E are spread by
Faecal-oral route
Persistent diarrhoea lasts how long?
2-4 weeks