Infectious Diseases Affecting the Gastrointestinal Tract

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  1. 2. Hepatitis C Virus. RNA Virus, vaccine NOT available however drug regimen treatment that can cure; untreated can lead to chronic infection possibly liver cancer.
  2. 4. abbreviation for Gut-Associated Acquired Defenses
  3. 7. type of defense. Mucosal membrane, peristalsis, lysozyme of saliva, and high acidity of stomach.
  4. 9. types of microbiota that live in the GI tract. Over 600 species, mostly bacteria.
  5. 10. cholerae. Gram negative rods with a flagellum. Found in contaminated water usually after floods. Travelers diarrhea.
  6. 12. tooth decay most common infectious disease in the world. Step mutans and lactobacillus produce acid as byproduct of sugar metabolism.
  7. 13. gram negative bacilli, flagella, endotoxin, carried by poultry and lizards.
  8. 14. difficiles aka Clostridium aka C. diff. Gram positive endospore forming rod. Endotoxins A and B cause areas of necrosis in colon.
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  1. 1. Hepatitis A Virus. RNA virus, vaccine available, transmitted fecal oral route, and vague flu like symptoms.
  2. 3. jejuni more common in summer months from grilling. Spiral gram negative. Burrows through small intestine. Has flagella.
  3. 5. type of defense. GALT, Peyer's patches, appendix, esophagus, tonsil, lymphoid tissue.
  4. 6. yellow tinge caused by breakdown of bilirubin accumulation in blood and tissues.
  5. 8. Hepatitis B Virus. DNA Virus, vaccine available, infectious virion Dane particles, transmitted by blood, few overt symptoms.
  6. 11. pathogenic flagellated protozoan. Heart shaped with organelle face. Vaccine in animals not humans. Greasy stools and flatulence.
  7. 15. abbreviation for Shiga Toxin Producing E. Coli. Has EXOTOXIN. Antibiotics contradicted. Gram neg, destroys intestinal cells, bloody diarrhea.