C218 Neisseria meningitidis (Meningococcus)
C219 Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Gonococcus)
C220 Kingella kingae
C221 Haemophilus influenzae
Etiology
Epidemiology
Pathophysiology
Diagnosis
Clinical manifestations and treatment
Meningitis
Cellulitis
Supraglottitis or acute epiglottitis
Pneumonia
Suppurative Arthritis
Pericarditis
Bacteremia Without an Associated Focus
Miscellaneous Infections
Invasive Disease in Neonates
Otitis Media
Conjunctivitis
Sinusitis
Prevention
C222 Chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)
C223 Moraxella catarrhalis
C224 Pertussis (Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis)
Severe cough with apnea and posttussive emesis in paroxysmal phase.
C225 Salmonella
C226 Shigella
Etiology
- Ingestion of contaminated food/water
- Outbreaks (eg, day care)
Epidemiology
Pathogenesis
Immunity
Clinical manifestations and complications
- High fever, intestinal cramping,
- Stools that are initially watery before developing mucus and/or blood.
- Complications
- HUS
- Lless common than E.coli O157:H7
- Seizure in children
- By fever from the infection (ie, febrile siezure)
- By enterotoxins produced by the organism itself.
- Rectal prolapse d/t severe rectal inflammation
- Bacteremia
- HUS
Differential diagnosis
Diagnosis
- Stool culture
Treatment
- Supportive care
- Antibiotics if severe
Prevention
C227 Escherichia coli
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a complication thata occurs in <10% of patients with STEC. m/c in children age <5.
The risk of HUS is increased in patients who have received antibiotics or antimotility agents (eg, loperamide) to treat tthe diarrhea.
Treatament of E.coli O157:H7 infection is supportive carae only (eg, rehydration)
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