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Diseases of the Digestive System

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DISEASES   DISEASES  
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What do mutans cause?   Cavities/plaque  
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DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM   DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM  
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What are the most common isolates from stool?   Gram negatiev rods like E-coli AND gram + Enterococci  
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BACTERIAL DISEASES   BACTERIAL DISEASES  
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FOOD INTOXICATIONS   FOOD INTOXICATIONS  
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What dieases causes chlora?   Vibrio cholerea  
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ID IT:   Gram negative rod  
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What disease does it cause? How severe?   Massive diarrhea and vomiting-->Death by dehydration  
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How is this spread?   Via water  
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What is the virulence factor present? and what does it do?   Chlora toxin-->pumps water into intestine  
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How would you diagnose it in stool?   Rice water stool  
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FOOD INFECTIONS   FOOD INFECTIONS  
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E-COLI   E-COLI  
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What are the two forms of e-coli that cause food INFECTIONS (what group is targeted by each)?   Enteropathogenic (infants) E-coli and Enteroinvasive (Traveler's) Strains  
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Which forms of E-coli cause FOOD INTOXICATIONS?   Enterohemmorrhagic (EHEC) and Enterotoxigenic (ETEC)  
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What do you need to assocaite dysentary with?   shiga toxin  
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What sort of shiga toxin does EHEC have? What is the offical name of EHEC?   Non-invasive one; O157:H7  
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CAMPYLOBACTER   CAMPYLOBACTER  
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What is the organism involved and shape:   Bampylobacter jejuni (vibrio)  
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What 2 diseases are caued?   Gastroenteritis, dysentery; SOME Guillain-Barre (neurrologica)  
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How common is the disease and how is it spread?   Very common, spread by poultry  
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What bacteria causes PEPTIC ULCERS? ID IT   helicobacter Pylori; Gram -- Vibrio  
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How does it cause peptic ulcers?   Endotoxin with Urease enzyme that lowers pH  
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How do you test for it? Treat with (come on, it has to do with teh stomach)?   Injest some radioactive urease and see if urease is broken down --> urine smell; PEPTOBISMOL  
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VIRAL VIRAL VIRAL VIRAL VIRAL VIRAL VIRAL   VIRAL VIRAL VIRAL VIRAL VIRAL  
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HEPATITIS A   HELPATITIS A  
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How is hepatitis A acquired? Does it come from food or handlers/   Injestion; comes from food handlers  
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HEPATITIS B   HEPATITIS B  
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Which of the particles it forms are of cocern?   Dane particle  
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What kind of Nucleic acids does it have?   NONE  
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What is an important symptom?   Hepititis B antigen is a surface antigen-->diarrhea  
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What does Heb B can cause?   Liver Cancer  
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Who is at risk for Heb B?   Healthcare workers at HIGH risk  
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What does Hep D require for infection and what does it cause?   IT NEEDS Hep BBB---MORE SEVERE heb B  
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What is ROTAVIRUS usually misdiagnosed as   stomach flu  
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Who does it target and what does it cause?   Targets children and causes gastroenteritis  
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Who does NOROVIRUS target and what does it cause?   Target ADULTS and causes gastroenteritis  
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High or low inoclulation?   Low (10)  
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How can it spread?   Easily through vomit fomites...etc  
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Does digestive normal flora remain the same all the time?   Nope  
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