Describe the diseases caused by each and the species included in each:
Answer: Nontyphoidal: Salmonella enteritidis and Salmonella choleraesuis cause enterocolitis, osteomyelitis, and septicemia.
Salmonella species are divided into typhoidal or nontyphoidal types?
Salmonella species are divided into typhoidal or nontyphoidal types?
Answer: Typhoidal: Salmonella typhi and Salmonella paratyphi cause typhoid fever.
What is the treatment of Shigella and what medications should be avoided?
What is the treatment of Shigella and what medications should be avoided?
Answer: Treatment includes fluid/electrolyte replacement and antibiotics such as trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) and ciprofloxacin. Antidiarrhea medications such as loperamide can prolong illness or worsen the severity and should be avoided.
What populations are most often affected by Shigella?
What populations are most often affected by Shigella?
Answer: Nursing home residents and very young children (ages 2-4 years), especially those in developing countries
How is Shigella transmitted?
How is Shigella transmitted?
Answer: Four Fs: fingers, food, flies, feces
What symptoms are often seen with shigellosis?
What symptoms are often seen with shigellosis?
Answer: Dysentery, bloody diarrhea, fever, and lower abdominal cramps
Why is Shigella nonmotile?
Why is Shigella nonmotile?
Answer: It lacks the H antigen that codes for motility.
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