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HDI wk 1
Enteric infections
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the categories of enteric infections? | Enterotoxic, Enterohemorrhagic, |
| List the characteristics of Shigella | |
| What is the most common hospital aquired strain of infectious diarrhea? What is the resistant strain? | |
| What is HUS? What causes it? How do you screen for it? | |
| What is LPS? What does its presence or lack tell you about an organism? | |
| Circumoral numbness, diplopia (double vision), difficulty breathing after eating home-canned food. What is the likely organism? | |
| Abdominal cramps and bloody diarrhea after drinking unpasteurized fruit juice 4 days ago. What is the likely organism? | |
| Nausea, vomiting and diarrhea 2 hours after eating unrefrigerated potato salad at a picnic. What is the likely organism? | |
| Fever, shaking, chills, abdominal cramps, and blood tinged diarrhea after eating undercooked barbecued chicken 4 days ago. What is the likely organism? | |
| Which of the following does not belong to Enterobacteriacaea? Enterococci, E. coli, Proteus species, Klebsiella species, Enterobacter species | |
| Which group of organisms have a very similar appearance on gram stain and have similar growth characteristics? (G+/- Aerob/ Anaerob?) |