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Pathogens that cause persistent/chronic diarrhea

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  • cryptosporidium
  • giardia
  • cyclospora
  • cystoisospora
  • entamoeba histolytica
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Pathogens that cause bloody stool

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  • STEC
  • shigella
  • salmonella
  • campy
  • entamoeba histolytica
  • noncholera vibrio species
  • Yersinia
  • balantidium coli
  • plesiomonas
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Pathogens that cause persistent abd pn and F

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  • yersinia enterocolitica/pseudotuberculosis (may mimic appy)
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Pathogens that cause N/V lasting <24hrs

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staph aureus or bacillus cereus toxin ingestion

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vomiting and non-bloody diarrhea lasting 2-3 days or less

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norovirus (remember the criteria)

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GI pathogens w/ aortitis, osteomyelitis, deep tissue infection

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salmonella

yersinia

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GI pathogens a/w intestinal perf

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  • salmonella
  • shigella
  • campy
  • yersinia
  • entamoeba
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GI pathogens a/w postinfectious IBS

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  • campy
  • salmonella
  • shigella
  • STEC
  • giardia
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GI pathogens a/w hemolytic anemia

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  • campy
  • yersinia
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GI pathogen a/w IgA nephropathy

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campy

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GI pathogens a/w glomerulonephritis

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  • shigella
  • campy
  • yersinia
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GI pathogens a/w HUS

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  • STEC
  • shigella dysenteriae serotype 1
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GI pathogens a/w erythema nodosum

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  • yersinia
  • campy
  • salmonella
  • shigella
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GI pathogens a/w reactive arthritis

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  • salmonella
  • shigella
  • campy
  • yersinia
  • rare: giardia, cyclospora
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Campy epi (sources, transmission)

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  • normal commensal in GI tract of many wild/domestic animals
  • found contaminating many natural/fresh water sources
    • can survive for weeks at temps <15C
  • direct transmission from infected animals, P2P (rare, but w/ nursery staff, MSM)
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Complications of Campy

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  • Reactive arthritis
    • 2.6%
    • often a/w presence of HLAB27
    • 1-2wks after infection - small joints, wrists, knees, ankles
    • can last wks-mos
  • Guillanin-Barre
    • 3-40% linked w/ campy
    • 1-2wks after infection
    • a/w molecular mimecry - GM1 ganglioside, present in peripheral nerve myelin
  • Miller Fischer (GBS variant)
  • Colitis (can mimic IBD)
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Complications of Salmonella GI infection

Indications for tx

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  • Complications
    • achlorhydria, IBD, SCD = tends to have more severe infection
    • bacteremia → mycotic aneurysms, abscesses, osteo, IE/endovascular infections
  • Indications to consider tx
    • IS state (including advanced HIV)
    • age >50yo (high risk ~10% for endovascular infection w/ bacteremia d/t atherosclerotic disease)
    • <12mos old (high risk of neurologic infection and mortality)
    • stools >9-10/day
    • persistent F
    • hospital admission
    • CV/valvular disease
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Step-wise progression of symptoms of Typhoid/Enteric fever (salmonella enterica subtype typhi or paratyphi)

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  1. ​Week 1 - bacteremia w/ F>40C with chills
    1. can see temp-pulse dissociation
  2. Week 2
    1. abd pn
    2. rose spots (faint salmon-color transient spots)
  3. Week 3 - abd perf d/t necrosis and lymphatic hyperplasia of Peyer’s patches
    1. secondary bacteremia can occur
    2. HSM
    3. intestinal bleeding
    4. can lead to septic shock
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shellfish ingestion ⇒ GE, cellulitis, bullous lesions (esp in cirrhotic pts)

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Vibrio vulnificas

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travel to mountainous regions (eg Russia, Nepal)

MSM

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Giardia (MC)

cyclospora

cryptosporidia

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C perfringens types

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(a/w undercook/poorly stored meat products, gravy)

  • Type A - often cause of outbreaks
    • can cause gas gangrene in pts w/ necrotic bowel
  • Type C - produces hemorrhagic necrosis of jejunum
    • enteritis necroticans toxin (pigbel disease - d/t pork exposure)
    • most prominently seen in children w/ protein malnutrition (i.e. developing worlds) and diabetics in developed world
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what organisms can cause post-GE reactive arthritis

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  • salmonella
  • shigella
  • yersinia

d/t Ab-mediated autoimmune molecular mimicry (targeting epitopes common to pathogen and joint tissues)

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Pt w/ dysenteric traveler’s diarrhea who takes cipro

What is most concerning?

  1. Colonization by ESBL-prod coliforms
  2. Achilles damage
  3. CDI
  4. Insomnia, irritability

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1! The others can occur, but this is most concerning and the correct answer on the boards

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tx for pt with dysenteric traveler’s diarrhea

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azithromycin 1g (campy or shigella - none responsive to quinolones d/t R)

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* bloody diarrhea w/ renal failure * Hct low, LDH high, peripheral smears w/ RBC fragments * colonoscopy can look like ischemic colitis * stool cx: sorbitol MacConkey - sorbitol negative dx and tx?
* E Coli Non-O157 (Shiga toxin-producing) - **hint that O157:H7 is sorbitol-producing** * Elderly pts (esp w/ vascular disease) can develop ischemic colitis w/ HUS * \*\*Shiga toxin 2 (not 1) a/w HUS tx w/ eculizumab
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clinical/epi criteria for norovirus
1. no bacterial causes identified 2. incubation 24-48hrs 3. duration of illness 12-60hrs 4. vomiting in \> 50%
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vomiting w/in 24-48hrs what if with fever?
* viral GE * fever = viral GE
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tx for intestinal amoebiasis
metro + diloxanide or paromomycin
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tx for cyclosporiasis/cystososporiasis
TMP/SMX
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tx for cryptosporidiosis
nitazoxanide
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tx for giardiasis
tinidazole or nitazoxanide
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tx for cholera
doxy
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tx for non-cholera vibrio
fluoroquinolones or azithromycin
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tx for campy
azithromycin
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treatment for non-typhoid salmonella (only w/ sepsis)
fluoroquinolones or 3rd gen cephalosporin
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Tx for shigellosis
fluoroquinolone or azithromycin
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when is testing appropriate for traveler's diarrhea
if persistent \>14 days
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locations at highest risk for ESBL or MDR enterobacterales traveler's diarrhea
travel to tropical/subtropical regions (esp Asia) - highest risk = India
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improperly refrigerated/preserved tuna, mackerel, amberjack, marlin \*?peppery, sharp, salty taste? flushing, HA, palpitations, itching, diarrhea w/in 10-60min - lasts up to 12hrs
scombroid
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toxin inhaled from algal blooms (eg surfing red tide)
neurotoxin inhalation or shellfish poisoning (toxin from Karenia brevis) worse in asthmatics
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* mollusks around coral reef in Caribbean/Pacific regions * sx w/in 3-6 (up to 30) hrs * GI sx * hot/cold reversal * numbness/paresthesias
ciguatera
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numbness/tingling 30-60min after eating mollusk can result in respiratory failure in severe cases (does not have GI or neuro sx)
paralytic shellfish
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Diarrhea \>14 days
cryptosporidium
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Diarrhea \> 14 days
Entoemba histolytica
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Diarrhea \> 14 days
Giardia
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High risk groups for complications of non-typhoid salmonellosis
(i.e. higher rate of deep mucosal penetration in these populations --\> leading to secondary bacterial infection) \*\*these groups require treatment * elderly * infants (1-3mos) * SCD * IBD (whether on drugs or not)
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Tx for Shiga-toxin induced HUS
eculizumab (beware meningococcal infections)
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Infectious agents that have low communicability (require high inoculum, often don't result in outbreaks)
* E coli (Shiga toxin-producing) * campy \*\*require 500-100,000 organisms
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Infectious agents with no communicability
ETEC/EIEC, vibrio | (only food/water - never P2P)
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Infectious agents with high rates of transmissibility
* _Highest_ (10-100 orgs req): shigella, norovirus * _High rate_ (80-500 orgs req): giardia, cryptosporidium, salmonella (in infants)
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Micro for pyogenic liver abscess
* usually enteric bacteria (including strep milleri group) * Kleb pneumoniae, esp in Asia - K1 serotype = hypermucoviscous variant * in IC pts: consider yersinia enterocolitica and candida * from SE Asia/N Australia: consider melioidosis (B pseudomallei)
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Tx of pyogenic liver abscess 2/2 melioidosis
\>2wks ceftaz, mero, or imi → \>3mos Bactrim +/- doxy
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parasites that obstruct the biliary tree
* Fasciola hepatica * Clonorchis sinensis * Opisthorchis spp * Ascaris lumbricoides
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undulant fevers, malodorous perspiration, osteoarticular disease (SI jt) can cause splenic infection w/o abscess formation
consider brucellosis (esp w/ epi RFs) exposure to infected animals/unpasteurized dairy Africa, Middle East
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