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Name 8 Nonspecific Host Defense Mechanism of the Gut
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1 Gastric Acidity
2. Proteolytic enzymes 3. Bile Salts 4. Normal Peristalsis 5. Mucous Lining 6. Resident normal flora 7. Secretory IgA 8. Phagocytic cells |
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First name the Normal Flora GI Segments (4) then describe the major type of microbe in each.
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1. Oral Flora
2. Gastric Flora 3. Small Intestine 4. Large Intestine |
1. High [C] with multiple niches
2. Normally near sterile 3. Facultative Anaerobes 4. Anaerobes |
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Name the normal Facultative Anaerobes in the different gut segments of the small intestine
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1. Duodenum
2. Jejunum 3. Ileum |
1. Lactobacill < Strepto
2. Bacteroides < Enterobactreiaceae 3. Bacteroides < Bifidobacteria |
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Name 4 Factors that may alter Bacterial Flora and its effect
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1. ABX- varying effect may predispose to ABX resistant bacteria
2. Decreased Gastric Acidity 3. Diet 4. Hospitalization |
1. Agent used, dosing & frequency
2. Gastric colonization & subsequent oropharynx colonization 3. Little evidence on influence to composition of normal flora 4. Colonization of oropharynx with GNB adhere to epithelial cells |
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Two Main Risk factors for GI infections and elaborate on details of one
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1. Contaminated food/water
2. Alteration in host defense mechanisms |
2. Loss of gastric acidity, loss of secretory IgA and Malnutrition
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