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quick entero table
organism/disease/feature for enterics
| Organism | Disease | Features |
|---|---|---|
| Escherichia coli | UTI, gastroenteritis, endotoxic shock | Species is normal flora of human intestine |
| EIEC | Shigellosis-like, but less severe | invasive |
| ETEC | traveler's diarrhea | adherence |
| EHEC | hemorrhagic colitis | fast food hamburgers, sequela = HUS |
| EPEC | infant diarrhea | adherence |
| EAEC | prolonged watery diarrhea | Aggregative; adherence |
| Shigella | bacillary dysentery | invasive, low infectious dose |
| Salmonella | All: gastroenteritis | ---------------------------------- |
| typhi | severe enteric fever | human typhoid carriers |
| enteritidis | milder enteric fever | chickens, turkey |
| choleraesuis | septicemia | swine |
| Klebsiella | pneumonia, UTI | capsule |
| Yersinia | plague, gastroenteritis | zoonotic |