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Diseases
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Graduate
10/14/2013

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Term
ETEC
Definition
Traveler's diarrhea (watery), heat-labile toxin (LT) and heat-stabile toxin (ST), like cholera (cAMP, CFTR)
Term
EHEC
Definition
uncooked beef and manure, watery or bloody diarrhea (COLON), O157:H7, Stx2 = Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (anemia + kidney failure), disrupts protein synthesis
Term
EAEC
Definition
infant watery diarrhea in 3rd world, adheres and causes malabsorption
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EIEC
Definition
watery diarrhea in 3rd world, COLON, cramps, maybe bloody
Term
DAEC
Definition
infant watery diarrhea in 3rd world, elongation of microvilli
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EPEC
Definition
infant watery diarrhea in 3rd world, destroy/flatten intestinal microvilli
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