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Stool Studies

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blue indicates   heme found in stool  
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blood testing is specific for human “globin” & fewer false positives from interfering factors (ie. red meat or drug ingestion) no prep, less # of spec. needed (eg. Hemoccult-ICT)   Immunochemical fecal occult blood (iFOBT)  
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requirement for hemoccult accuracy   Hemoccult requires 3 serial stools: avoid red meats & >250mg vitamin C x 3 days Avoid NSAIDs or *Aspirin (>325mg) x 7 days prior to & during specimen collection. Iodine preps should be out of system  
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green results may be due to   bile  
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WBCs are associated   with a fast, acute process. You may not see WBCs in deep tissue or if problem is localized. Negative WBC does not mean that you don't have an inflammatory diarrhea  
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___ of stool is bacteria   98%. NEVER GRAM STAIN  
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Presence of Fecal leukocytes   Shigella, Campylo, EIEC, entero, Invasive, E.coli  
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Variable Fecal Leukocytes   salmonella, yersinia, vibrio, p  
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abset   come back to  
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non   com back to  
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C. difficile test   is a toxin assay, not a stool culture. One positive means they have it, but if it is negative, you may need to send serial specimens. C diff is an anaerobe.  
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HIV patient with watery, heme pos diarrhea. Stool cultures are reported as no growth and fecal leukocytes are absent. The most likely etiology of infection is:   CMV  
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A stool guaic is positive in a 79 yo pt receiving tx for severe OA. Which of the following meds is most likely responsible if this is a "false" positive result?   Naproxen 500mg BID (not acetominophen 500mg BID, Aspirin 81 mg QD)  
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Fecal leukocytes is indicative of   inflammatory diarrhea  
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fecal leukocytes are not generally found in entamoeba histolytical   surface toxins rupture WBCs  
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A nursing home pt is treated with cephalosporin for pneumonia. One week later, pt develops green, watery diarrhea with fever.   C. Difficile  
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The enterotoxin associated with C. diff diarrhea that is most common   Toxin A (may need to request toxin B if A comes back negative)  
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The three most common bacterial pathogens tested on a routine stool culture are   salonella, shigella, campylobacter  
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what is not an idication for parasitic testing   bloody diarrhea for 2 days (indicated: travel to endemic area and subsequent diarrhea, HIV pt with diarrhea, Persistent diarrhea >10days)  
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two most common parasite infections   crypto and cyclospora  
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The most sensitive diagnostic test for detecting Giardia   IFA  
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two parasites seen with acid-fast stain   cryptosporidium and cyclospora  
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What bacterial pathogen is limited to humans and primates as hosts and transmitted via fecal-oral transmission   Shigella  
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What months of the year do you get Vibrio   The months that lack an R. May, June, July, August  
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Peanut butter has been pulled for   Salmonella  
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small curved gram negative rods resembling "flock of seagulls"   Campylobacter  
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