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- 1. Type of motility where the muscle contractions and Nerve signals that move food and waste through tract are impaired and uncoordinated, moving too fast or slow.
- 5. Second letter of the name for traveller's diarrhoea that doesn't have a Vaccine (thankyou for my homework Neelam)
- 9. Raised inflammatory plaques observed during colonoscopy in patients with severe C. difficile-associated colitis.
- 10. Diarrhoea relieved by fasting
- 12. Protozoan pathogen associated with watery diarrhoea following exposure to contaminated swimming pools or farm environments.
- 13. Family name of the pathogen which on CT scan shows dialted loops of intestine.
- 14. Gold standard Molecular investigation
- 15. Fluoroquinolone antibiotic discussed for selected invasive bacterial diarrhoeal infections, subject to antimicrobial resistance.
- 16. Macrolide antibiotic as an oral treatment option for severe Campylobacter infection and selected invasive enteric infections.
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- 2. Pathotype of E. coli producing enterotoxins and commonly associated with traveller's watery diarrhoea.
- 3. Inflammatory diarrhoeal syndrome characterised by blood and pus in stool, often accompanied by fever and abdominal cramps.
- 4. Patient develops progressive ascending weakness approximately 10–14 days after Campylobacter gastroenteritis. Which post-infectious neurological syndrome is suspected?
- 6. abbreviation of a syndrome a child develops acute kidney injury following bloody diarrhoea caused by E. coli O157. What is responsible?
- 7. even patients on a hospital ward develop vomiting and diarrhoea, prompting ward closure, contact precautions and stool PCR testing. Identify the most likely viral pathogen.
- 8. Diarrhoea caused by non-absorbable solute in gut which pulls excess water into the intestinal tract
- 11. Primary supportive treatment for infectious diarrhoea, aimed at replacing gastrointestinal fluid losses.
- 17. persistent, painful urge to empty the bowels despite having an empty system.