Microbial Diseases of the Digestive System

Learning can be a bridge between doing and thinking. But there is a danger that the person who uses learning as a bridge between doing and thinking may get stuck in learning and never get into thinking Laura Riding Jackson

Who am I? Although I coined the term complement I am most famous for developing the concept that the body will do everything possible to avoid and auto immune response. I shared the Nobel Prize in 1908 with Elie Metchnifkoff.

OUTLINE/SUMMARY

Viral Diseases of the Digestive System

• Mumps
• Cytomegalovirus Inclusion Disease (CMV)
• Hepatitis
• Norwalk virus
• Rotavirus

Bacterial Diseases of the Digestive Tract

• Staphylococcal food poisoning
• Bacillary dysentery (Shigellosis)
• Salmonellosis
• Typhoid fever
• Cholera

Gastroenteritis caused by

• Vibrio
• E coli
• Campylobacter
• Helicobacter
• Yersinia
• Clostridium perfringens
• Bacillus cereus

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

Construct a table that shows the microbial diseases of the digestive system and the pathogen that causes them. Include Bacterial, Viral, Fungal, and Protozoan diseases.

Construct a table that shows the causative agents of food poisoning, the signs and symptoms and treatments if any for each.

List the general symptoms of gastroenteritis.

Because there are many eitiologiesof gasteroenteritis, what is the laboratory diagnosis usually based on