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agent of typoid fever
salmonella typhi
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Rose spots
small macular red lesions on typoid fever patient
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typoid fever characteristics
- high fever
- rose spots
- relative bradycardia
- intestinal perforation
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noro virus animal resovior
none, human only infection
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shigella infection
- always needs treatment
- cipro
- azithromycin in pregnant patients and children 2-8
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given as an adjunct to antibiotics, this compound decreases rates of c.diff recurrence
s.boulardii
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new onset asthma and abdominal pain
Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome
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Blastocystis hominis
may be a pathogen and should be treated with nitozousoxinide
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Campylobacter infection
- guillain Barre
- postinfectious arthritis
- Reiter s syndrome
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Yersinia infection
reactive arthritis
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TTP-HUS
Shigella or STEC - ecoli
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most common cause of acute diarrhea
Viral agents 75% of world wide infection
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chronic carrier state in gallbladder
- nontyphoidal salmonella
- around 1% chance of carrier state
- increased chances with abx treatment
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HUS complications
- renal damage
- seizures
- vasculitis
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criteria for sevear disease in C.diff diarrhea
fever, severe abdominal pain, severe diarrhea, wbc>15,000, increased Cr by 50% and decreased albumin.
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scrombroid poisoning
- histamine reaction in poorly handeled fish
- rash, flushing, dizziness, abdominal pain, altered taste
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Ciguatera reef fish poisoning
- consumption of preditory reef fish- barracuda
- gastroenteritis, and neurologic symptoms.
- can be fatal
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methane gas has what effect on GI transit.
it slows it
evidence of increased methane with constipation
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