Micro Urinary and Gastrointestinal Tract Infections
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- What accounts for more than 80% of UTIs
- Escherichia coli
- What does the A1 subunit of Shiga toxin do
- It has N-glycosidase activity; depurinates a critical residue in the 28S rRNA of 60S ribosomes
- What does the B subunit of Shiga toxin do
- It binds to glycolipid Gb3 on eukaryotic cells
- What bacteria cause non-inflammatory (water) diarrhea
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Toxigenic- Vibrio cholerae, ETEC
Food poisoning- Bacillus cereus, Staph aureus, Clostridium botulinum - What protozoa cause non-inflammatory (watery) diarrhea
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Giardia lamblia
Cryptosporidium parvum
Cyclospora - What agents cause inflammatory diarrhea
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Invasive bacteria- Salmonella enterica
Invasive and toxigenic bacteria- Shigella, EIEC, Campylobacter jejuni
Protozoa- Entamoeba histolytica - What bacteria produce hemorrhagic colitis
- Enterohemorrhagic E.coli and Shiga toxin producing E.coli
- What bacteria causes travelers diarrhea
- Enterotoxigenic E.coli
- What bacteria is associated with hospital-acquired diarrhea
- Clostridium difficile
- What infectious agent has oocysts that stain with acid-fast
- Cryptosporidium