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19 Cards in this Set
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B. cereus
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Fried rice
Vomiting within hours |
Hydrate
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Campylobacter
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Chicken
Bloody diarrhea GBS-associated |
Erythromycin (severe)
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C. botulinum
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Honey, canned goods
Flaccid paralysis |
Antitoxin (not for infants)
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C. difficile
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Watery diarrhea
Pseudomembranes |
Metronidazole
Cholestyramine Vancomycin (PO) |
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ETEC
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Food/water (Traveler's)
Watery diarrhea |
Hydrate
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EHEC
(O157) |
Ground beef
Bloody diarrhea HUS |
Hydrate
(antibiotics worsen symptoms) |
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S. aureus
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Mayo, custard
Vomiting within hours |
Hydrate
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Salmonella
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Chicken, eggs, milk
Most common food-borne GI infect Bloody diarrhea |
Cipro (immunodeficient)
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Shigella
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Food/water
Severe bloody diarrhea/pain HUS |
Cipro/Bactrim (severe)
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V. cholerae
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Seafood, water
Watery diarrhea |
Doxy (decrease duration)
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V. parahemolyticus
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Oysters
Watery diarrhea |
Hydrate
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Yersinia
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Pork, puppies
Bloody diarrhea Pseudoappendicitis |
Hydrate
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Giardia
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Surface water
Greasy diarrhea Trophozoites in stool |
Metronidazole
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Entameoba
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Poor sanitation
Bloody diarrhea Liver abscess Trophozoites in stool |
Metronidazole
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Cryptosporidium
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Immunocompromised
Watery diarrhea ACID-FAST parasites |
Nitazoxanide
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Trichinella
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Pork
Myalgia, periorbital edema Eosinophilia |
Albendazole
Mebendazole |
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Taenia solium
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Pork
CNS symptoms Neurocysticercosis (seizures) |
Praziquantel (GI only)
Albendazole (CNS) |
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Rotavirus
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Diarrhea + Pink-eye (winter)
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Hydrate
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Whipple disease
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Tropheryma whippelii (immunodef)
ARTHRALGIA Steatorrhea VISION defect COUGH HEART murmur |
Dx: PAS-positive foamy macrophages
Dx: villous atrophy Rx: bactrim/ceftriaxone x 1 YEAR |
