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Gastroenterology

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Defn diarrhea   >3/day; 200 g or ml; loose/liquid consistency  
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Acute/ persistent/ chronic   Acute <14 days; Chronic >1 month  
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Chronic diarrhea: etiology   Malabsorption; motility disorders; inflammation  
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Assessing severity of illness   dehydration; duration of sx; inflammation (fever, blood, tenesmus)  
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Order stool studies if:   Diarrhea is persistent or recurring; h/o fever or tenesmus  
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E. histolytica   necrosis of lg intestine; tropical; abd pain, cramping, colitis; can be bloody/fevers; travelers, MSM  
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Vibrio   watery dia, abd cramping; V para: also wound infxn; heat to >75C to destroy; susceptible: liver dz & Fe overload states  
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V cholera MOA   activates adenylate cyclase (cAMP regulates Na & Cl absorpn/secretion)  
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V cholera S/S   rice-water stools; poss hypotensive shock within 2 hrs; dose fx; tx rehydrate & 1 dose Cipro; untx’d 50% mortality  
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Pre-formed toxins: organisms   S aureus; B Cereus; Clostridium Perfringens  
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Giardia: most susceptible   immunocompromised; immunocompetent w/Ig def  
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Dx giardiasis with:   giardia antigen stool assay  
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C perfringens sx   Abd cramps & watery diarrhea without fever or N/V; lasts <24 hr  
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Invasive pathogens (most common causes of infxs diarrhea)   Salmonella, shigella, campy, hemorrhagic E coli  
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E coli: most likely from:   undercooked beef; unpasteurized juice; spinach; in warm weather  
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E coli: hemorrhagic colitis:   severe abd pain, bloody diarrhea (no fever usually) caused by shiga or shiga-like toxin  
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HUS may be due to:   E coli; shigella  
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ETEC: tx   travelers diarrhea; Abx after sx onset may decrease duration; Cipro or rifaximin  
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Salmonella Sx   fevers, myalgias, abd cramping, HA;  
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Salmonella complications   Septicemia/Bacteremia; poss osteomyelitis, endocarditis, arthritis  
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Salmonella typhi Sx   10-14d post-ingestion: fever, HA, myalgia, malaise, anorexia; followed by GI sx (GB colonization & intestine reinfxn); typhoid fever: pulse-temperature discordance; 1-5% chronic carriers  
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Shigella Sx   Lower abd cramps, diarrhea, fever, bloody, purulent stools & tenesmus; usu self-ltg (7 days)  
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Shigella Tx   Abx recommended (FQ or Bactrim)  
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Yersinia Sx:   Diarrhea, fever, abdominal pain for 1-2 wks (chronic: poss for mos); fx terminal ileum; lg lymph nodes (mimics appy); systemic dz: high mortality  
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Campy Sx:   dysentery; poss bacteremia; usu self ltg (may last 1 wk/longer); assoc w/GBS & Reiters  
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Most common cause of nosocomial diarrhea   C diff (Abx-induced diarrhea); tx w/Flagyl or oral vanco  
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Loperamide   opiate w/o systemic fx; inhibits peristalsis; can use w/Abx for traveler’s diarrhea  
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DO NOT use anti-motility agents in:   pts w/shigella, C diff, E coli O157 (inflammatory diarrhea)  
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Antimicrobial tx: used for:   shigellosis, traveler’s diarrhea, C.difficile, campylobacter; can prolong salmo/C diff shedding, or worsen shiga toxin course  
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Tx of choice for more severe infxs diarrhea:   FQ; TMP-SMX = 2nd-line tx; Add azithro for Campy  
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Common antibiotic causes of colitis:   Ampicillin, clindamycin, tetracycline, cephalosporins  
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C diff mgmt:   IV/PO Flagyl or PO vanco. 20% relapse in 1-2 wks after DC of therapy; relapses respond well to 2nd course of tx. Multiple relapses: consider taper & pulsed therapy  
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Diarrhea   >3/day or 200 mL; osmotic vs secretory; dx: fecal WBC, occult blood, flex sig/bx, upper GI  
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Diarrhea: inflam vs non-inflammatory agents   inflam: cMV, E histo, EHEC, C diff, SSC; non-inflam: noro, rota, giardia, crypto, SA, B cereus, vibrio cholera  
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Diarrhea: Abx for:   Shigella, cholera, ETEC, C diff; No Abx for salmo, campy, EHEC, Yersinia  
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Oral Rehydration Solution:   3.5 g NaCl, 2.5 g Na HCO3, 1.5 g KCl, 20 g glucose, in 1L water  
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Traveler’s Diarrhea is caused by:   E. coli (ETEC); tx is hydration & Cipro  
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Greasy, foul smelling, floating stools. Pear-shaped flagellated protozoan w/ 2 “eyes”. Water, travel, camping history   Giardia  
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Afebrile, watery or loose stool. No blood or mucus   Viral Gastroenteritis  
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Abdominal pain, diarrhea after picnic/party. Eaten ham, cream, custards, mayonnaise   Staphylococcus aureus infectious diarrhea  
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Acute bacterial diarrhea w/ prodrome of HA, F, then crampy abd pain & diarrhea   Campylobacter jejuni (most common cause of acute bacterial diarrhea)  
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Most important agent of gastroenteritis in infants   Rotavirus A  
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Other agents of gastroenteritis in infants   Adenovirus (serotypes 40/41); Coxsackie Virus  
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Most important viral agent of gastroenteritis in children/adults   Calicivirus  
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Other viral agents of gastroenteritis in children/adults   Norwalk virus; Astrovirus; Reovirus  
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E. coli groups = small bowel processes   Enterotoxigenic; enteropathogenic; enteroaggregative  
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E. coli groups = colon processes (bloody diarrhea):   enterohemorrhagic; enteroinvasive  
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AIDS-associated diarrhea 2/2:   Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI)  
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E coli group = in developed countries   Enterohemorrhagic  
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E coli group = more common in pediatric populations (usu developing countries)   Enteropath & enteroaggregative  
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E coli group = most common in developing countries   Enteroinvasive  
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Severe cases of ETEC can be treated with:   SMZ/TMP or quinolone; prophylaxis not recommended  
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Most common cause of BACTERIAL gastroenteritis   C. jejuni  
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Parasitic GI Syndromes in AIDS patients/protracted diarrhea:   MAI, Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium parvum, Isospora belli  
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Toxin A = enterotoxin; Toxin B = cytotoxin   C. diff  
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Parasitic GI causes of diarrheal disease   G. lamblia, C. parvum, B. hominis  
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Intestinal amoebiasis   Entamoeba histolytica  
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Rice-water stools; poss hypotensive shock within 2 hrs; dose effects =   Vibrio cholera  
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HUS may be due to:   E coli; shigella ETEC: tx travelers diarrhea  
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Shigella Sx   Lower abd cramps, diarrhea, fever, bloody, purulent stools & tenesmus; usu self-ltg (7 days)  
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Gastroenteritis: Antimicrobial tx: used for:   shigellosis, traveler’s diarrhea, C.difficile, campylobacter; can prolong salmo/C diff shedding, or worsen shiga toxin course  
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Vibrio cholera MOA   stimulates adenyl cyclase in intestinal epithelial cells to overproduce cAMP => H2O & Cl- hypersecretion => diarrhea  
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salmonella: 3 patterns   Enteric (typhoid) fever; gastroenteritis; bacteremia  
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Salmonella: Enteric (typhoid) fever S/S   5-14d incubation, insidious (kids abrupt); F, HA, ST, myalgia, malaise; abd pain, pea soup diarrhea; pulse-temperature discordance; freq relapse; 1-5% chronic carriers  
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Salmonella: gastroenteritis S/S   most common salmonella type; 8-48 hr incubation; F, N/V, crampy abd pain, bloody diarrhea 3-5d; +stool cx  
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Salmonella: bacteremia S/S   usually in immunocompromised pt; recurrent fever, local infxn (bone, joints, lungs)  
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