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E coli

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what are the non-inflammatory E coli illnesses? (do not see fecal WBCs)   Enterotoxigenic (ETEC), Enteropathogenic (EPEC), Enteroaggregative (EAggEC)  
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E coli that cause invasive disease   Enteroinvasive (EIEC), Enterohemorrhagic (EHEC)  
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ETEC characteristics   **traveler's diarrhea** abrupt onset watery diarrhea, lasts 24 hours long after fluids replaced, Toxins  
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ETEC toxins   Heat labile toxin- A-B toxin like cholera......Heat stable toxin- stimulates cGMP and secretes Cl- into the lumen ( osmotic diarrhea)  
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EPEC characteristics (no toxin)   **most common in children**attach to ep cells and disrupt microvilli.. unique type III secretory system  
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EPEC attachment   Tir receptors put in ep cell and intimin put on bacterial cell....causes actin rearrangement a pedestal emerges from the cell  
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EAggEC characteristics   *** persistent diarrhea*** 3 stages (1. adhere to mucous, 2. enhance mucous formation, 3. cytotoxin damages cell)  
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Treatment for inflammatory E. coli infections   replace fluids and antibiotics may help shorten duration  
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EIEC characteristics   similar pathogenesis to Shigella (shiga toxin kills cells, lives intracellularly) watery diarrhea  
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EHEC characteristics   ***most infect large bowel***, kidney damage from shiga toxin, Hemorrhagic colitis or hemolytic uremic syndrome  
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Hemolytic uremic syndrome is....   triad of symptoms...1. renal failure 2. thrombocytopenia 3. microangiopathic hemolytic anemia  
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diagnosis and treatment of invasive E. coli   EHEC----0157:H7--inability to ferment sucrose----avoid antibioitics (may release more toxin)  
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listeria monocytogenes seen in.....   maternal infection during pregnancy  
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