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DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE AND REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS (Chapter 22) Typhoid Fever Pa

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DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE AND REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS (Chapter 22) Typhoid Fever Pathogen: Symptoms: High, high fever, blood in diarrhea_ Kingdom: Shape: Gram+/ Shigellosis, Bacillary Dysentery Pathogen: Symptoms:--High fever, blood in diarrhea- Kingdom: Shape: Gram +/-: EHEC/ 0157:H7 Pathogen: Symptoms: High fever, blood in diarrhea, blood in urine Method of Transmission: commonly Undercooked hamburger meat Kingdom Shape:- Gram +/ #1 Food poisoning in USA/ Campylo. Gastroenteritis Pathogen Symptoms: _Abdominal cramping, possible vomiting, diarrhea Method of Transmission: No1 food poisoning USA Kingdom: Shape: Spirillum Gram +/-: C. diff. Associated Diarrhea Pathogen: Symptoms: Patients on antibiotics for far too long. Super smelly persistent diarrhea. Kingdom: Shape: Gram +1 Cholera Pathogen: Symptoms: Super watery diarrhea, no fever Kingdom Shape:-Curved or V-shaped rod_-Gram +/-:-

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Typhoid Fever

Pathogen: Salmonella typhi

Symptoms: High fever, blood in diarrhea, skin rash with rose color spots will be developed and platelet count goes down slowly and risk of bleeding rises.

Kingdom: Bacteria/ proteobacteria

Shape: rod shape

Gram Negative (Gm-)

Shigellosis, Bacillary Dysentery

Pathogen: Shigella dysenteriae /sonnei/flexneri

Symptoms: High fever, blood in diarrhea, abdominal pain, body aches, nausea, vomiting, rapid dehydartion and weight loss

Kingdom: Bacteria/ proteobacteria

Shape: rod shape/Bacillus, nonmotile, nonspore forming

Gram Negative (Gm-)

EHEC/O157:H7

Pathogen: Enterohemorrhagic E.coli (EHEC ) serotype O157:H7 human pathogen

Symptoms: High fever, blood in diarrhea, blood in urine, hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUC)

Method of transmission: Commonly undercooked hamburger meat through food borne zoonotic agent and produce Verocyto-toxin (VTEC)/Shiga-toxin (STEC) which is responsible for HUS.

Kingdom: Bacteria/ Eubacteria

Shape: rod shape/Bacillus

Gram Negative (Gm-)

Food Poisoning in USA/ Campylo. Gastroenteritis

Pathogen: Campylobacter Species (enteritis)

Symptoms: Abdominal cramping, possible vomiting, diarrhea, body aches, nausea, vomiting, inflammation of lining of gut

Method of transmission: No 1 food Poisoning USA, By ingestion of raw or contaminated food, particularly raw milk and meat

Kingdom: Bacteria/ Proteobacteria

Shape: Spiral (s) or curved Shape

Gram Negative (Gm-)

diff. Associated Diarrhea

Pathogen: Clostridium difficile

Symptoms: Patients on antibiotic for far too long. Super smelly persistent, abdominal pain, diarrhea and fever with very low-level body water (watery diarrhea)

Kingdom: Bacteria/Eubacteria

Shape: rod shape/Bacillus, spore forming

Gram Positive (Gm+)

Cholera

Pathogen: Vibrio cholerae

Symptoms: Super watery Diarrhea, no fever, severe vomiting, water-electrolyte imbalance

Kingdom: Bacteria/ proteobacteria

Shape: Curved or V-shaped rod

Gram Negative (Gm-)

Gonorrhea

Pathogen: Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Symptoms: Severe burning urination usually presenting sooner and more violently in men rather than woman, testicular pain

Method of transmission: A sexually transmitted bacterial infection and spread by sexual contact

Kingdom: Bacteria/ bacteria

Shape: coffee bean shaped diplococci

Gram Negative (Gm-)

Chlamydia

Pathogen: Chlamydia trachomatis

Symptoms: More detrimental/consequences can happen to woman in the form of PID (pelvic inflammatory disease), pain during sex, vomiting

Method of transmission: A sexually transmitted bacterial infection and spread by sexual contact and spread through vaginal, anal, and oral sex.

Kingdom: Bacteria/ Eubacteria

Shape: Ovoid shape

Gram Negative (Gm-)

Syphilis

Pathogen: Treponema pallidum

Symptoms: reference secondary syphilis with rashes and sores in vagina

Method of transmission: A sexually transmitted bacterial infection and spread by sexual contact

Kingdom: Bacteria/ Eubacteria

Shape: Spirochete

Gram Negative (Gm-)

Herpes

Pathogen: Herpes simplex is a virus (HSV1/ HSV2)

Symptoms: small open blisters that are painful in the genital area. Often difficult for patient to describe and embarrassed to seek treatment

Method of transmission: Direct contact and spread by sexual contact

Kingdom: Virus (Herpesviridiae)

HIV/AIDS