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Diseases-- Digestive System
Bacteria that cause diseases
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
12/06/2010

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Term
Vibrio Parahaemolyticus Gastroenteritis
Definition

Cholera like diarrhea, but milder;

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Term
Vibrio vulnificus gastroenteritis
Definition

Rapidly spreading GI tissue destruction

 

Vibrio vulnificans

Term
Traveler's diarrhea
Definition

Watery diarrhea

 

Escherichia coli

Term
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli
Definition

GI tissue damage, dysentary, hemorragic colitis, hemolytic uremic syndrome, possible kidney failure

 

Escherichia coli

Term
Campylobacter gastroenteritis
Definition

Fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea

 

 

Campylobacter jejuni

Term
Helicobacter peptic ulcer disease
Definition

Peptic ulcers;

 

Helicobacter pylori

Term
Yersinia Gastroenteritis
Definition

Abdominal pain, mild diarrhea, similar to appendicitis

 

Yersinia enterocolitica

Term
Clostridium perfringens gastroenteritis
Definition

diarrhea

 

Clostridium perfringens

Term
Clostridium difficile- associated diarrhea
Definition

mild diarrhea to colitis;

 

 

Clostridium difficile

Term
Bacillus cereus Gastroenteritis
Definition

diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting

 

 

Bacillus cereus

Term
Hepatitis A
Definition

mostly subclinical, fever, headache, malaise

 

Hepatitis A Virus

Term
Hepatitis B
Definition

Usually subclinical, fever, malaise, likely to cause liver damage

 

Hepatitis B Virus

Term
Hepatitis C
Definition

Usually subclinical fever, malaise, likely to cause liver damage and become chronic

 

 

Hepatitis C Virus

Term
Hepatitis D
Definition

Severe liver damage and high mortality rate

 

Hepatitis D Virus

Term
Hepatitis E
Definition

Mostly subclinical, fever, headache, malaise, high mortality rate among pregnant women

 

Hepatitis E Virus

Term
Mumps
Definition

Painful swelling of parotid glands

 

Mumps virus

Term
Viral Gastroenteritis
Definition

Vomiting and diarrhea for about a week

 

Rotavirus

Term
Ergot Poisoning
Definition

Hallucinations, restricted blood flow to the limbs

 

Claviceps purpurea

Term
Aflatoxin poisoning
Definition

Liver cirrhosis and cancer

 

 Aspergillus flavus

Term
Giardiasis
Definition

Diarrhea and inhibited nutritional absorption in GI tract

 

 

Giardia lamblia

Term
Cryptosporidiosis
Definition

diarrhea

 

Cryptosporidium hominis

Term
Cyclospora diarrheal infection
Definition

Watery diarrhea;

 

 

Cyclospora cayetanensis

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