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GI Diseases
GI Diseases
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Microbiology
Not Applicable
04/02/2017

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Term
Clostridium Difficile
Definition

Gram Positive

Endospore Forming

Acute Diarrhea

Superinfections - antibiotic resistance

Metronidazole, Vancomycin, Fidaxomicin

Fecal Transplants

Term
Clostridium Perfringens
Definition

Gram Positive

Spore Forming

Exotoxin

Acute abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea

6-18 hours

resolves itself

Term
Bacillus Cereus
Definition

Gram Positive

Spore Forming

Food Poisoning

Vegetables, close contact with soil

Diarrhea, resolves itself

Term
Streptococcus Mutans
Definition

Gram Positive

Dental Caries

Term
Streptococcus Sobrinus
Definition

Gram Positive

Dental Caries

Term
Staphylococcus aureus
Definition

Food poisoning

Skin things 

Term
Scardovia wiggsiae
Definition
Dental caries (babies)
Term
Campylobacter jejuni
Definition

Gram negative

Acute diarrhea

Guilliane-Barre Syndrome related

Azithromyecin for patients that need it, otherwise hydration and electrolytes

Term
Helicobacter pylori
Definition

Gram negative

gastritis/gastric ulcers

related to gastric cancer

Entrenches itself in stomach wall, secretes urease for protection from stomach acid

Term
Shiga toxin producing E. Coli
Definition

Gram negative

Acute diarrhea plus hemolytic syndrome

Antibiotics are contraindicated, might stimulate more release of exotoxin

Term
Salmonella
Definition

Gram Negative

Acute diarrhea

Fluid and electrolyte treatment

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxale for immunocompromised patients

Term
Shigella
Definition

Gram Negative

Acute diarrhea

Ciprofloxacin

Term
Vibrio cholerae
Definition

Gram negative

Acute diarrhea

Short term vaccine

Oral rehydration therapy

Doxycycline if needed

Term
Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
Definition

Gram negative

Acute diarrhea

Term

Tannerella forsythia

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

Porphyromonas gingivalis

Treponema vincentii

Prevotella intermedia

Fuseobacterium

Definition

Gram negative

Peridontal disease

Term
Hepatitis B
Definition
DNA Virus
Term
Hepatitis A
Definition

RNA Virus

Hepatitis

Term
Hepatitis C Virus
Definition

RNA virus

Hepatitis

Term
Hepatitis E
Definition

RNA virus

Hepatitis

 

Term
Mumps
Definition

RNA virus

enlarged lacrimal salivary glands

Affects testes in 30% of male cases

Term
Rotavirus
Definition

RNA (double stranded) virus

Inner and outer capsid

Vaccine

Globally the primarl viral cause of M&M resulting from diarrhea

Oral water and electrolyte replacement

Term
Norovirus
Definition

RNA virus

Diarrhea, fever, 3-5 days, rehydration

Term
Entamoeba Histolytica
Definition

Protozoa

Chronic diarrhea

Term
Cryptosporidium
Definition

Protozoa

Acute diarrhea

Term
Cyclospora
Definition

Protozoa

Chronic diarrhea

Term
Giardia lamblia
Definition

Protozoa

Chronic diarrhea

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