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Bacillus cereus
- Fried rice
- Tx - self-limited
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Campylobacter
- Chicken
- Bloody diarrhea
- Tx - hydration
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Clostridium botulism
- Honey, canned food
- Flacid paralysis
- Tx - self-limited
-
Clostridium difficile
- Antibiotics
- Watery diarrhea
- Tx - metro
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ETEC
- Traveler's diarrhea
- Watery diarrhea
- Tx - self-limited
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E.coli O157:H7 (EHEC)
- beef
- bloody diarrhea
- HUS (hemolytic anemia, decreased platelets, ARF)
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Staph aureus
- Mayonnaise - preformed toxins
- Vomiting in hrs
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Salmonella
- Most common foodborne GI infections
- Eggs/chicken
- Bloody diarrhea
- Tx - if immunocompromised, give quinolone
-
Shigella
- food/water
- bloody diarrhea
-
Vibrio cholerae
- Water, seafood
- Rice water diarrhea
- Tx - hydration
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Yersinia enterocolitica
- Pork, dog feces
- bloody diarrhea, RLQ pain
-
Giardia
- Water from camping
- Greasy, foul diarrhea
- Tx - metro
-
Entamoeba histolytica
- Dirty water
- Bloody diarrhea
- Liver abscess
- Tx - metro
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Isospora
Immunocompromised, HIV
-
Trichinella spiralis
- Pork
- Myalgias, fever, eosinophilia
- Tx - albendazole
-
Taenia solium
- Pork
- Neurocystocircosis
- Immigrant
- Tx GI - praziquantel
- Tx CNS - albendazole and steroids
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