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Which viruses CAN cause sporadic, acute gastroenteritis in adults?
Calcivirus Adenovirus Rotavirus Astrovirus |
ALL of them can cause sporadic gastroenteritis in adults.
Calcivirus (norovirus) is most common |
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7 mo old female 2 day history of watery diarrhea with fever 12 hours earlier No history of vomiting Hyperleukocytosis with neutrophilia and increased C-reactive protein in blood Negative bacterial culture 3 days later
What is the possible virus or bacteria? |
Rotavirus |
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If not rotavirus, what else could be on the differential? |
Astrovirus Enterovirus D68 (actually a respiratory virus) Adenovirus 40 E. coli (but stool cultures were negative and there is usually a more bloody diarrhea, not watery). |
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What is an orphan virus? |
Virus not associated with a particular disease. |
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If the rate of rotavirus infection is similar for all infants regardless of geographical location or socio-economic status, why is there such a disparity in rotaviru mortality between developing and developed countries? |
Availability of emergency health care and roper management of the disease through effective fluid and electrolyte replacement. |
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Influenza virus and rotavirus both have segmented RNA genomes. Which of the following statements about the replication of these viruses is true? |
Both viruses have capped mRNAs, but only influenza mRNAs undergo splicing. |
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Know the 1982 disease guidelines for norovirus |
Medscape? |
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Entero-toxins are heat stable proteins released form microbes that target the intestine and alter apical membrane permeability resulting in increased release of Cl- ions? |
NSP4 of rotavirus |
