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shigella • Ubiquitous organism; invasive (colon and • terminal ileum; food and personto • person spread; moderate attack rate • 13 week illness; pain and diarrhea may • preceed blood • Extraintestinal complications • Hydration; systemic antibiotics (ampicillin) • Avoid antimotlity drugs
Campylobacter jejuni • Common; rarely asymptomatic but disease • may be mild • Infected food; animals as source • 13 day usual incubation period • Antibiotics do not shorten illness
Page 1 and 2: Acute Diarrhea Evaluation in Primar
Page 3 and 4: Definition— —”Acute” • Pa
Page 5 and 6: Initial Evaluation • Evaluation p
Page 7 and 8: Initial evaluationdiagnostic poss
Page 9 and 10: Food Poisoning Syndromes • Prefor
Page 11 and 12: GI disease not related to food •
Page 13 and 14: Gastroenteritis syndromes • Emesi
Page 15 and 16: Calicivirus • 90% of epidemic gas
Page 17 and 18: Rotavirus • Major illness in very
Page 19 and 20: Traveller’s diarrhea • Usually
Page 21 and 22: Foodrelated gastrointestinal infe
Page 23 and 24: salmonella • Most common foodbo
Page 25 and 26: Salmonella (continued) • Treatmen
Page 27: E.coli O157:H7 (Enterohemorrhargic
Page 31 and 32: Clostridium difficile • No longer

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