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Bacillus cereus
- Source
- S/S
- Tx
- Source: Fried Rice
- S/S: Vomiting (within hrs); diarrhea later
- Tx: self limited
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Campylobacter jejuni
- Source
- S/S
- Tx
- Source: poultry (2nd most common foodborne bacterial GI infection)
- S/S: Bloody diarrhea; Guillain-Barre syndrome
- Tx: hydration; erythromycin
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Clostridium botulinum
- Source
- S/S
- Tx
- Source: honey, home-canned foods
- S/S: flaccid paralysis
- Tx: botulism anti-toxin (can't give to infants)
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Clostridium difficile
- Source
- S/S
- Tx
- Source: antibiotic-induced suppression of normal colonic flora
- S/S: watery diarrhea, gray pseudomembranes on colonic mucosa
- Tx: metronidazole, vancomycin
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Escherichia coli (enterotoxigenic)
- Source
- S/S
- Tx
- Source: food/water - traveler's diarrhea
- S/S: Watery diarrhea
- Tx: hydration; self-limited
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E. coli type O157:H7 (enterohemorrhagic)
- Source
- S/S
- Tx
- Source: ground beef; indirect fecal contamination
- S/S: Bloody diarrhea; high risk of HUS
- Tx: hydration; self-limited - antibiotics an worsen S/S b/c of release of toxins
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Staphylococcus aureus
- Source
- S/S
- Tx
- Source: room-temperature food
- S/S: Vomiting (within several hours of eating)
- Tx: self-limited
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Salmonella species
- Source
- S/S
- Tx
- Source: eggs, poultry, milk, fresh produce - MOST COMMON foodborne GI infection
- S/S: nausea, bloody diarrhea
- Tx: hydration, self-limited - tx immunocompromised with fluroroquinolone
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Shigella species
- Source
- S/S
- Tx
- Source: food/water, overcrowding
- S/S: severe bloody diarrhea; risk of HUS
- Tx: hydration, ciprofloxacin, TMP-SMX in severe cases
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Vibrio cholerae
- Source
- S/S
- Tx
- Source: water, seafood
- S/S: copious watery diarrhea, signs of dehydration
- Tx: hydration** tetracycline and doxycycline decreases disease length
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus
- Source
- S/S
- Tx
- Source: Seafood
- S/S: abdominal pain, watery diarrhea (within 24hrs of eating)
- Tx: hydration, self-limited
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Yersenia enterocolitica
- Source
- S/S
- Tx
- Source: pork
- S/S: abdominal diarrhea, bloody diarrhea
- Tx: hydration
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