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WorksheetsGram negative Neisseria and GI; AGE
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 23mins
These organisms enter the M cells and are transported to the lymphoid cells. They survive the low pH of the stomach. Once across the epithelium, theses organisms cause systemic illness.
Shigella
Non typhoidal salmonella
Salmonella
E.coli
A 10 year old patient comes in for consult due to fever (Temperature= 39-40C). Patient has been having on and off fever for 2 weeks. Other symptoms noted are abdominal pain and diarrhea. Diagnostics done were CBC, stool exam and urinalysis. What other lab test would be helpful?
Blood c/s
Abdominal UTZ
Urine c/s
Abdominal CT scan
You receive a call from a mother whose 2 year old son has been having watery stool for the past 3 days. There is no vomiting but with low grade fever. Stool was noted to be non foul, non bloody, non mucoid. Patient’s appetite has decreased. Mother is afraid to bring patient to your clinic due to the COVID pandemic. You advise mother to make an oral rehydrating solotion at home. How do you make the ORS?
(a)
Give 5 enteropathogens that causes bloody diarrhea:
Give 2 complications of Chloramphenicol:
Chloramphenicol maybe given to patients diagnosed to have typhoid fever. What is the mechanism of action of chloramphenicol?
bacteriostatic
bactericidal
inhibits bacterial protein synthesis by binding to 30S ribosomal subunits
all of the above
none of the above
What is the most common Shiga toxin E.coli associated with Hemolytic-uremic syndrome?
E. coli 0157 F7
E. coli 0157 G7
E. coli 0157 H7
E. coli 0157 I7
Give 3 probiotics recommended in patients with AGE:
Neisseria meningitis is a gram (+), fastidious, encapsulate, oxidase-protein aerobic diplococcus.
True
False
Cholera is caused by Vibrio cholerae. Give 2 characteristics of the organism.
Name the 2 vaccine brands which prevent menigococcemia:
