MICR 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Dete, Serotype, Malabsorption

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Microbiology and Immunology
• Course: MICR 121
• Professor: Lewis Linton Tomalty

Document Summary

Us ua lly a s s ocia te d with poor food a nd wa te r. Mos t a re not in ca na da. Le a ding ca us e of infa nt-morta lity in the world. Importa nt ca us e of illne s s & de a th worldwide. Almos t a lwa ys s pre a d by fecal-oral route ca n be dire ct or indire ct. Conta mina te d food or wa te r. 5,000,000 child de a ths /ye a r. Cha nge in water balance: fluid a nd e le ctrolyte imba la nce, exce s s fluid los s. Incre a s e d (e xce s s a mount) s e cre tion +/- de cre a s e d upta ke (a bs orption of fluid) P a thophys iologic effe ct: bloody dia rrhe a. Dehydration due to fluid a nd e le ctrolyte los s.