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Gastroenteritis
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Enterogenic strains: Produces 2 toxins (heat liable and heat stable)
Causes Infantile/Epidemic diarrhea(in nurseries) Traveler's diarrhea (Turista, Delhi Belly) 0157:H7 Hemolytic-uremic syndrome |
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E. Coli
Clostridium Campylobacter Vibrio |
Name the organisms that causes Gastroenteritis. (4)
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Prevention of Gastroenteritis
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"Don't drink the water"
Antibiotic prophylacsis: Doxycycline/Vibromycin Peptobismol |
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Pseudomembranous colitis
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In Gastroenteritis, Clostridium causes what specific disease?
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Raw milk
Water Meats |
How is Gastroenteritis transmitted?
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Fish and crustasions that are found in water
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WIth Gastroenteritis, Vibrio is one of the most common causes of gastroenteritis. How is it transmitted?
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Helicobacter
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Name the genus that causes stomach ulcers and stomach cancer.
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virus
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What type of organism causes the Mumps?
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Parotitis
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What is the name for the disease with the common name of Mumps?
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Mumps
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Name the disease with the symptoms of painful swelling of the parotid glands and fever. With the complications: Sterility now disclaimed, meningitis, inflammation of the ovaries and testes, pancreatitis, hearing loss and encephalitis.
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Orchitits
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What is the word for inflammation of the testes
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Droplet
fomites |
How is mumps transmitted?
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Paramyxovirus
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Name the genus that causes the disease, Mumps.
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Measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (trivalent)
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How is Mumps prevented?
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Hepatitus A
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What Hep. is the Infectious Hep?
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Hepatitis A
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50% of the pop. is infected by adulthood. Does not cause chronic hepatitis or cirrhosis: vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, jaundice. Most infections resolve within 6-10 weeks. The patient becomes immune (lifelong). Can cause acute liver disease, and in rare cases death.
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Oral-fecal route
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How is Hep. A transmitted?
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Vaccine
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How is Hep. A prevented?
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Hepatitis B
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What Hep. is referred to as Serum Hep.?
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Hep. B
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Approx. 300,000 new cases/ year US & 200 deaths of health care workers/ year.
Often progresses to cirrhosis, chronic hepititis, liver cancer and death. Loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, fever, fatigue, abdominal pain, dark urine, jaundice. |
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IV drug use
needle stick tattoos or body piercing sexual contact dialysis blood transfusions fomites |
How is Hep. B transmitted?
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Vaccine
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How is Hep. B prevented?
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Hepatitis C
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What hep is referred to as Posttransfusion Non A or Non B hepatitis?
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Hep. C
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Prevalent and underreported
120,000/yr US Chronic hepatitis Cirrhosis death |
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Blood transfusion before 1992
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How is Hep. C transmitted?
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Hep. D
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What hep. is referred to as the Delta virus?
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Hep. D
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A coinfection of HBV.
Chronic hepatitis cirrhosis death |
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Hep. E
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What Hep. is referred to as Enteric or Non A or Non B hepatitis?
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Hep. E
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Rarei in the US
Acute infection Not chronic 10% die in pregnant females Transmission: contaminated water |
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virus
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What type of organism causes all Hepatitis types?
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