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Gastroenteritis (Clostridia Aerobic
Spore forming
G(+)ve…
Gastroenteritis (
Clostridia
- Aerobic
- Spore forming
- G(+)ve
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Bacterial causes
Pathogenesis
- Intestinal epithelium adherence
- Invade intestinal cell
- Toxin production
- Preformed (short incubation)
- Toxin produced in GIT (long incubation)
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Vibrio Cholerae
- Developing countries :factory:
- Epidemics occur
- LARGE infection doses (10ˆ8 organisms)
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Background,
Protozoal Gastroenteritis
,
Bacillus Cereus
- Aerobic
- Spore forming
- G(+)ve
- Heat stable :fire:
- 2 Toxins =
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Symptoms
- Diarhoea :poop:
- Vomit
- Nausea
- ANOREXIA :pencil2:
- Abs cramp/pain
- Fever :thermometer:
- Myalgia :muscle::skin-tone-3:
- Headache :explode:
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Lab Dx
- Culture selective media (blood agar = many results)
- PCR
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Staph Aureus
- Heat stable enterotoxin :fire:
- Rapid (2/6H)
- Short lived (6/12H)
- Malaise
- Nausea, vomit
- AB pain, diarrhoea
- NO FEVER :red_cross: :thermometer:
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