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| gram negative, curved bacilli; microaerophilic, antibiotic resistant, tiny, do not ferment and are non-halophilic |
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| consumption of contaminated water/foods; gastroenteritis; young adults |
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| gastroenteritis, warm months, young adults |
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| Acute diarrhea with blood and neutrophils in stool; destruction of mucosal surfaces |
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| associated with guillan-barre syndrome, immune disorder of PNS |
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| grows best under microaerophilic and thermophilic conditions (42C) |
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| most self limiting but can give cipro for adults and erythromycin for children |
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| systemic bacteremia, often fatal, has S protein (capsule), grows at 37C |
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| gram-negative, microaerophilic, spiral bacteria, stomach pain |
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| gastric MALT b-cell lymphomas |
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| high infection rates for H. pylori correlate with: |
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| H. pylori colonization mechanisms |
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| 5/6 polar flagella, urease, attachment, and LPS |
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| penetrates lamina propria w/ PMNs, alters mucosal epithelial glands, erosion/ulceration |
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| Heliobacter isolate that expresses VacA (forms vacuoles) and CagA (signal transduction pathway) |
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Type I strains
ALL duodenal ulcers are type I |
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| virulence factors for H. pylori |
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| urease, heat shock protein, acid-inhibitory protein, adhesins, mucinase, superoxide dismutase |
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| Main detection of heliobacter pylori |
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| 2 antibiotics, proton-pump inhibitor and bismuth salts |
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