23.11.2013 Views

Acute Diarrhea Evaluation in Primary Care Acute Diarrhea luation in ...

Acute Diarrhea Evaluation in Primary Care Acute Diarrhea luation in ...

Acute Diarrhea Evaluation in Primary Care Acute Diarrhea luation in ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Pathogenesis of viral­<strong>in</strong>duced<br />

diarrhea<br />

• Inflammation m<strong>in</strong>imal, or patchy<br />

• Involves upper 2/3 of villus membrane<br />

• (brush border)<br />

• Rotavirus best studied;<br />

• NSP4 prote<strong>in</strong>—viral plus enterocyte<br />

• contribution—virus­cell cell <strong>in</strong>teraction. Increase <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>tra­<br />

• cellular calcium promotes chloride secretion.<br />

• disaccharidases <strong>in</strong>hibited<br />

• SCLT­1 <strong>in</strong>hibited (=malabsorption of CHO)<br />

• epithelial cell cytoskeleton altered (distortion of<br />

• chemical and osmotic gradients)<br />

• cytok<strong>in</strong>e­like peptides (from host as well as virus)

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!