Term
Vibrio cholerae
Azith 1g x1 once vomiting has ceased |
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Definition
| "rice water stool", dehydration, undercooked food |
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Term
Shigella
Cipro 500mg BID x5-7d |
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Definition
| bloody diarrhea, fever, from food/people |
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Term
Etertoxigenic Escherichia Coli
Cipro 750mg x1 |
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Definition
| Non-bloody diarhea, nausea, cramps, low grade fever, not meat-related, <24-48hr |
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Term
Enterhemorrhagic Escherichia Coli
Supportive care only |
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Definition
| Undercooked beef, Bloody diarrhea, hemorraghia, fever, hemolytic uremic syndrome |
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Term
Clostridium Difficile (w/ stool culture)
Metro 250mg QID x10d
Vanc 125mg QID x10d |
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Definition
| water diarrhea +/- blood, cramps, fever |
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Term
salmonella (high risk: >50, HIV, valvular disease, prosthesis athero)
bactrim DS bidx5-7d
cipro 500mg bidx5-7d |
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Definition
| eggs, dairy, poultry, F/D +/- V |
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Term
Campylobacter jejuni
If high fevers, bloody stool, >1wk, preg/HIV
Erythromycin stearate 500mg bid x5d |
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Definition
| raw chicken, patchy destruction of colon walls, RLQ pain |
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Term
giardia lamblia
tinidazole 2g po x1
nitazoxanide 500mg po BId x3d
metronidazole 250mg po TID x5-7d |
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Definition
| animal feces, bloating, large volume stool, watery/foul smell |
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Term
Entamoeba histolytica
metro 500-750mg po TID x10d + Paromomycin 500mg PO TID x7d |
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Definition
| tenesmus, small volume w/ mucus, +/- blood |
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Term
Cryptosporida
self-limiting
HAART to incr. CD4 |
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Definition
day care worker, hiker, swimmer
wt loss, N/V, fever |
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Term
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Definition
| children, fecal-oral, 3-9d fever, abd.pain, diarrhea |
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Term
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Definition
| fecal-oral, raw oysters/clams, N/V/D @1-2d x2-3d |
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Term
loperamide 4mg po x1, then 2mg po after each loose stool (max 16mg/day)
NOT IF BLOODY |
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Definition
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