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How is bacterial gastroenteritis diagnosed? (4)

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  1. bacteria culture on selective media
  2. confirm ID of colonies
  3. antimicrobial susceptibility testing
  4. multiplex PCR
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What species of campylobacter cause gastroenteritis?

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  1. c. jejuni
  2. c. coli
  3. c. foetus
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When do campylobacter cases peak?

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summer

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How do people contract campylobacter? (2)

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  1. raw or undercooked foods

2. cross contamination from raw to cooked/ready to eat foods

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What is the pathogenesis of campylobacter in the GIT?

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attach to and invade the GI epithelium of the jejunum, ileum, colon, rectum

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What is the incubation period of campylobacter infection?

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1-7 days

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What are the clinical features of campylobacter infection? (5)

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  1. abdominal pain
  2. diarrhoea (may be bloody)
  3. nausea
  4. vomiting
  5. fever
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what are the complications of campylobacter infection? (2)

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  1. guillain-barre syndrome

2. reactive arthritis

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How is campylobacter managed? (3)

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  1. rehydration
  2. electrolyte replacement
  3. antimicrobials usually not indicated
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When should antibiotics be considered? (5)

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  1. worsening symptoms
  2. symptoms lasting >1 week
  3. severe disease
  4. immunocompromised
  5. pregnant
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What antibiotics can be used to treat campylobacter infections if neccessary? (2)

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  1. macrolides

2. fluoroquinolones

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What is the morphology of campylobacter?

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gram negative curved bacilli

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What selective media is used to culture campylobacter?

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charcoal based selective media - flat colonies

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How is campylobacter diagnosed in a lab?

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  1. culture on charcoal based selective media
  2. susceptibility testing
  3. PCR
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What salmonellae cause enteric fever? (2)

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  1. salmonella enterica serotype typhi

2. salmonella enterica serotype paratyphi

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What are non-typhoidal salmonellae? (2)

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  1. salmonella enteritidis

2. salmonella typhimurium

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Where is enteric fever found?

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developing countries

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What are the routes of transmission of enteric fever? (3)

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  1. contaminated food and water
  2. poor sanitation and hygiene
  3. person to person occasionally
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What is the pathogenesis of salmonella enterica?

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  1. penetration of small intestinal epithelium

2. proliferation in submucosa - hypertrophy of peyers patches

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What is the incubation period for enteric fever?

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usually 2 weeks

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What are the clinical features of enteric fever? (10)

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  1. fever
  2. chills
  3. relative bradycardia
  4. abdominal pain
  5. rose spots
  6. hepatosplenomegaly
  7. GI bleeding
  8. perforation
  9. diarrhoea
  10. constipation
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What are the complications of enteric fever?

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  1. GI perforation
  2. seeding
  3. carriage
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How is enteric fever diagnosed? (3)

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  1. blood culture
  2. faeces culture
  3. bone marrow culture
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How is enteric fever treated? (3)

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  1. rehydration
  2. fluoroquinolones
  3. 3rd generation cephalosporins
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How can enteric fever be prevented? (3)
1. sanitation 2. hygiene 3. vaccination
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How is non-typhoidal salmonellosis transmitted?
1. contaminated food and water 2. exotic pets 3. person to person
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What is the incubation period for non-typhoidal salmellosis?
6-48 hours
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How long does diarrhoea last in NTS?
3-7 days
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How is NTS treated?
1. rehydration | 2. antimicrobial usually not required
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When is antimicrobial use indicated in treating NTS?
1. severe illness 2. less than 1 or over 50 3. HIV 4. immunocompromised
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How is Salmonella diagnosed? (3)
1. selective media - salmonella shigella agar 2. serotyping - antigen determination 3. PCR
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What is antigens does salmonella have? (3)
1. O cell wall 2. H flagella 3. Vi Surface
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What is EHEC and VTEC?
enterohaemorrhagic e coli | verocytotoxin producing e coli
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What is ETEC?
enterotoxigenic e coli
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What is EIEC?
enteroinvasive e coli
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What is EPEC?
enteropathogenic e coli
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What is EAEC?
enteroaggregative e coli
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What is the important serotype of VTEC?
O157
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When is the peak of VTEC?
seasonal pattern - summer peak
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What is the main reservoir of VTEC?
cattle
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What is the pathogenesis of VTEC?
release of verotoxin - shiga like toxins causing haemorrhagic colitis and haemolytic uraemic syndrome
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What is the incubation period of VTEC?
3-4 days
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What are the symptoms of VTEC?
diarrhoea may be bloody
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What is a complication of VTEC that 5-10% develop?
haemolytic uraemic syndrome
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What happens in haemolytic uraemic syndrome? (2)
1. renal failure | 2. haemolytic anaemia and/or low platelets
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What is the treatment for VTEC? (2)
1. rehydration | 2. antibiotics not of proven value
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How is VTEC cultured? (2)
1. sorbitol MacConkey agar | 2. test non-fermenters with antiserum
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How is VTEC diagnosed? (2)
1. culture | 2. PCR
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What is shigellosis?
bacterial dysentery
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What are the species of shigella that cause human illness? (4)
1. s sonnei 2. s flexnari 3. s boydii 4. s dysenteriae
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Who is at risk for shigellosis? (2)
1. children | 2. MSM
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How is shigella transmitted?
1. faecal-oral route | 2. person to person
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What cells does shigella adhere to and invade?
M cells of peyers patches
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What is a complication of s dysentariae infection?
shiga toxin mediated haemolytic uraemic syndrome
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What is the incubation period of shigellosis?
1-3 days
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What are the clinical features of shigellosis? (3)
1. abdominal cramps 2. fever 3. bloody diarrhoea
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What is s flexneri associated with?
reactive arthritis
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How is shigellosis managed? (2)
1. rehydrate | 2. antibiotics usually not indicated
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When is antibiotic use indicated in shigellosis?
1. immunocompromised 2. severe disease 3. food handler 4. childcare provider 5. institutional resident
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How is shigellosis diagnosed?
1. selective media - XLD | 2. PCR
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What causes s aureus gastroenteritis?
ingestion of pre-formed heat stable enterotoxin
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What are the characteristics of s aureus gastroenteritis?
1. rapid onset 2-6 hours | 2. short lived 6-12 hours
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What are the symptoms of s aureus gastroenteritis? (6)
1. malaise 2. nausea, 3. vomiting 4. abdominal pain 5. diarrhoea 6. NO fever
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What are the enterotoxins produced by bacillus cereus? (2)
1. diarrhoeal toxin | 2. emetic toxin
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What are the characteristics of bacillus cereus emetic syndrome? (3)
1. ingestion of toxin in food 2. illness within 1-5 hours 3. lasts 6-24 hours
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What are the characteristics of bacillus cereus diarrhoeal syndrome?
1. toxin produced in small bowel 2. illness within 8-16 hours 3. lasts 24 hours
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What are the bacterial characteristics of clostridioides? (4)
1. anaerobic 2. spore forming 3. gram positive 4. bacilli
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What species of clostridiodes causes food poisoning?
c. perfringens
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What species of clostridiodes causes antibiotic related diarrhoea?
c difficile
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What is the commonest food source of c perfringens?
pre-cooked meat
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how does c perfringens cause food poisoning? (2)
1. heat resistant spores | 2. enterotoxin production
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What is the incubation period of c perfringens food poisoning?
8-12 hours
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What are the symptoms of c perfringens food poisoning? (2)
1. abdominal cramps | 2. diarrhoea
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What toxins does c difficile produces?
toxins A and B
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What c difficile strains are hypervirulent?
1. 027 | 2. 078
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What is the pathogenesis of c difficile? (4)
1. toxin mediated 2. colonic inflammation 3. mucosal damage 4. intestinal fluid secretion
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What are the risk factors for c difficile infection? (6)
1. antimicrobials 2. advanced age 3. hospitalisation 4. GI surgery 5. immunosuppression 6. proton pump inhibitor use (?)
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What antimicrobials put you at risk for c difficile infection?
1. broad spectrum penicillins 2. clindamycin 3. cephalosporins 4. fluoroquinolones
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What are the clinical features of c difficile infection? (5)
1. watery diarrhoea 2. abdominal cramping/pain 3. colitis 4. fever 5. elevated WCC
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What are the complications of c difficile infection? (3)
1. pseudomembranous colitis 2. toxic megacolon 3. colonic perforation
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What is the two step process for diagnosing c difficile infection?
1. ELISA for glutamate dehydrogenase OR PCR | 2. ELISA for toxin detection
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How is non-severe c difficile managed? (3)
1. vancomycin po 2. fidaxomicin po 3. metronidazole po
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How is severe c difficile managed? (4)
1. vancomycin po 2. metronidazole iv 3. surgical review 4. intravenous immunoglobulin
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What are the risk factors for recurrence of c difficile infection?
1. concomitant antimicrobial use during CDI treatment 2. 027 infection 3. elderly
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What is the treatment for the 1st recurrence of c difficile infection?
fidaxomycin po
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What is the treatment for the 2nd recurrence of c difficile infection? (3)
1. tapering vancomycin po 2. fidaxomicin po 3. faecal microbiota transplant
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How can c difficile spread be prevented?
1. single room isolation 2. contact precautions 3. hand hygiene 4. environmental cleaning
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How does vibrio cholerae spread?
contaminated food and water
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What are the virulence factors of v cholerae
1. pili | 2. cholera toxin
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What is the incubation period of v cholerae?
2-3 days
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What are the symptoms of v cholerae infection? (2)
1. rice water stools | 2. effortless vomiting
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What are the clinical features of v cholerae infection? (4)
1. dehydration 2. hypovolaemia 3. cardiac arrhythmia 4. renal failure
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What is v cholerae cultured on?
Thiosuphate Citrate Bile salt Sucrose TCBS
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How is v cholerae managed?
1. rehydration with fluids and electrolytes 2. tetracyclines 3. co-trimoxaxole
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