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Enterotoxigenic E. coli
(ETEC) |
Watery diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal cramps
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Vibrio Cholera
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Watery stool, 'rice water'
(NON BLOODY) -also= dehydration, muscle cramps |
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Rota virus
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profuse watery diarrhea, vomiting, fever, abdominal pain, major cause of diarrhea in young children, more common in the winter
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Giardia
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EXPLOSIVE watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, vomiting
-later= fatty stool, bloating, flatulence, weight loss |
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Norwalk virus
**common on cruise ships |
Marked nausea and vomiting
-little diarrhea |
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HINI virus (swine)
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fever, chills, headache, upper respiratory symptoms, myalgias, arthralgias, fatigue
-vomiting + diarrhea also common |
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Entero-hemorrhagic E coli
(EHEC)-0157:H7 |
BLOODY diarrhea, little or no fever
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Shigella
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BLOODY diarrhea w/ mucus & pus (dysentery)
-fever, nausea, stomach cramps, seizures |
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Campylobacter
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BLOODY diarrhea w/ pus
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Entamoeba hystolitica
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BLOODY diarrhea w/ pus (dysentery)
-vomiting, abdominal pain, fever, severe- abscesses involving the liver |
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Salmonella NONtyphi
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Gastroenteritis= diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever, vomiting, can progress to dysentery
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Salmonella typhi
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Little or NO diarrhea (maybe constipation), fever, headache, bradycardia, lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, rose spots on chest + abdomen, reactive arthritis
[test: lab culter, widal test unreliable] |
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AIDS diarrhea-protozoa/helminths
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-cryptosporidium
-micosporidium -giardia |
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AIDS diarrhea-bacterial
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-mycobacterium avium intracellulare
-salmonella -shigella -clostridium difficile |
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AIDS diarrhea-viral
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CMV
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AIDS diarrhea fungal
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Candida
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How can you calculate the anion gap?
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Na - (Cl + HCO3)=
8-12mEq/L is normal |
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What are some causes that should be considered if the anion gap is increased? (less than 8.. towards negative values)
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MUD PILES
M=methanol U=uremia D=DK P=propylene glycol I=isoniazid L=lactic acidosis E=ethylene glycol S=salicylates |
