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Bacterial Diseases and Intoxications of the GI tract

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What is the transmission mode of cholera?   untreated water as well as by fecal-oral route  
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What physiological reaction does choleragen affect?   causes massive loss of electrolytes  
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what notable differentiating characteristic does shigellosis have compared to salmonellosis?   unlike salmonellosis, a sx of shigellosis is bloody diarrhea with raspberry jam stool  
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what is EMB agar used for?   culture coliforms to trace occurrence of fecal contamination in water and other food sources  
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Describe the etiology and sympptomatology of infantile diarrhea   caused by local strain of E. coli--transmission of fecal-oral, and sx include diarrhea  
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Describe the etiology and symptomatoloty of Traveler's diarrhea   occurs when people encounter E coli with a newenterotoxin that they haven't been exposed to--sx is diarrhea  
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Describe the etiology and symptomatology of Cystitis and bacteriuria   E. coli causes cystitis or bacteriuria--sx include high frequency of urination with pain  
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Give the name of the organism, etiology, and disease characteristics of typhoid fever   caused by Salmonella typhi--spread by chronic carriers with inadequate hygiene--sx intestinal ulcers, bloody diarrhea, rose spots, and stepladder fever  
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How long can carriers spread Salmonella typhi?   throughout a lifetime  
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What is salmonellosis?   organisms transmitted from reptiles--raw eggs, poultry, raw milk, mayonnaise--spreads from symptomatic/asymptomatic chronic carriers who wash inadequately  
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what is typhoid fever?   presents with intestinal ulcerations and bloody stools--bacteremia develops with rose spots and stepladder fever  
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Helicobacter pylori is associated with what diseases?   causes gastritis in otherwise healthy individuals--assooc. with about 90% of gastric ulcers and gastric cancer  
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How do people get botulism?   by eating can survive boiling, freezing, and drought and remain viable in the soil for hundreds of years  
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How does sporulation help Clostridium botulinum in survival and disease transmission?   can survive in boiling, freezing, and drought and remain viable in the soil for hundreds of years  
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