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PANCE Prep Pearls: 1st Ed. (2014) | Physician Assistant (PA) School Study Aid
Shigella
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Bacilli
- Non Lactose Fermenting
- White on Macconkey Agar
- Oxidase Negative
- Non H2S Producing
- Day Care Centers
- High Virulence
- Replicates Intracellularly
- Actin Rocket
- Signs and Symptoms
- Bloody Diarrhea
- Shiga Toxin
- Inhibits 60S Ribosome
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)
- Hemolytic Anemia
- Thrombocytopenia
- Kidney Failure
3 mins
Yersinia Enterocolitica
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Bacilli
- Non-lactose Fermenting
- Non-H2S Producing
- Oxidase-Negative
- Day Care Centers
- Pork
- Raw Milk
- Pet (Puppy) Feces
- Signs and Symptoms
- Bloody Diarrhea
- Mesenteric Adenitis
- Granulomatous Microabscess in Mesenteric Lymph Nodes
- Pseudoappendicitis (Mimics)
- Reactive Arthritis
2 mins
Salmonella Enterica Spp.
- Characteristics
- Animal and Human Reservoir
- Poultry and Eggs
- Turtles
- PMN Immune Response
- Symptoms
- Gastroenteritis
- Diarrhea
- Possibly Bloody
- Treatments
- No Antibiotics
- No Vaccine Available
2 mins
Salmonella Overview
- Pathophysiology
- Gram-Negative Rod
- Oxidase Negative
- Non Lactose Fermenter
- White on Macconkey Agar
- H2S Producing
- Flagella
- Invades GI Tract
- Peyer's Patches
- Considerations
- Osteomyelitis in Sickle Cell Patients
- Reactive Arthritis
- Antibiotics Prolong Fecal Excretion
3 mins
Salmonella Typhi
- Characteristics
- Colonizes Gallbladder
- Monocytic Immune Response
- Symptoms
- Typhoid Fever
- Abdominal Pain
- Rose Spots on Abdomen
- Constipation Followed by Diarrhea
- Treatments
- Ceftriaxone
- Fluoroquinolones
- Considerations
- Oral Vaccine - Live
- IM Vaccine - Capsular Polysaccharide
2 mins
Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli (EHEC)
- Characteristics
- O157:H7
- Non-Sorbitol Fermenting
- Hamburger Meat
- Produces Shiga-like Toxin
- Gram-negative
- Lysogeny
- Inactivates 60S Ribosome
- Disease
- Bloody Diarrhea
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)
- Hemolytic Anemia
- Acute Renal Failure
- Thrombocytopenia
2 mins
Campylobacter jejuni
- Characteristics
- Gram-Negative
- Bacillus
- Flagella
- Curved
- Corkscrew Appearance
- Oxidase-Positive
- Grows Well at 42 Degrees
- Undercooked Meat
- Unpasteurized Milk
- Animals with Diarrhea
- Signs and Symptoms
- Bloody Diarrhea
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- Reactive Arthritis
3 mins
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