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Case 182 - Giardia
Giardia lamblia
- Characteristics
- Protozoa
- Ingestion of Cysts
- Seen in Campers
- Daycare Centers
- Mental Hospitals
- Infects Small Intestine
- Signs and Symptoms
- Bloating
- Flatulence
- Fatty Diarrhea
- Diagnosis
- Crescent-shaped Protozoa Adjacent to Epithelial Brush Border
- Predisposed if Low IgA
- Treatment
- Metronidazole
3 mins
Salmonella Typhi
- Characteristics
- Colonizes Gallbladder
- Monocytic Immune Response
- Symptoms
- Typhoid Fever
- Abdominal Pain
- Rose Spots on Abdomen
- Constipation Followed by Diarrhea
- Treatments
- Ceftriaxone
- Fluoroquinolones
- Considerations
- Oral Vaccine - Live
- IM Vaccine - Capsular Polysaccharide
2 mins
Salmonella Enterica Spp.
- Characteristics
- Animal and Human Reservoir
- Poultry and Eggs
- Turtles
- PMN Immune Response
- Symptoms
- Gastroenteritis
- Diarrhea
- Possibly Bloody
- Treatments
- No Antibiotics
- No Vaccine Available
2 mins
Salmonella Overview
- Pathophysiology
- Gram-Negative Rod
- Oxidase Negative
- Non Lactose Fermenter
- White on Macconkey Agar
- H2S Producing
- Flagella
- Invades GI Tract
- Peyer's Patches
- Considerations
- Osteomyelitis in Sickle Cell Patients
- Reactive Arthritis
- Antibiotics Prolong Fecal Excretion
3 mins
E. coli Overview
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Bacillus
- Purple Colony with Metallic Green Sheen
- Lactose-Fermenting
- Pink on MacConkey Agar
- Disease
- Diarrhea
- Lipid A Septic Shock
- P Pili Pyelonephritis and Cystitis
- K Capsule Neonatal Meningitis
- K Capsule Pneumonia
- H Antigen Flagella
2 mins
Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli (EHEC)
- Characteristics
- O157:H7
- Non-Sorbitol Fermenting
- Hamburger Meat
- Produces Shiga-like Toxin
- Gram-negative
- Lysogeny
- Inactivates 60S Ribosome
- Disease
- Bloody Diarrhea
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)
- Hemolytic Anemia
- Acute Renal Failure
- Thrombocytopenia
2 mins
Plasmodium General
- Characteristics
- Protozoa
- Malaria
- Anopheles Mosquito
- Signs and Symptoms
- Cyclic Fever
- Headache
- Anemia
- Splenomegaly
- Diagnosis
- Blood Smear
- Treatment
- Chloroquine
- Mefloquine for Resistant Types
3 mins
