Digestive tract and foodborne infections

Learning Objectives

• Understand the different aetiologies of infectious diarrhoea and foodborne infections
  
• Describe distinct patterns in diarrhoeal illness
  
• Present symptoms and complications
  
• Understand the basics of management of diarrhoea
  

Learning OBJECTIVES

• Outline the 4 forms of Listeriosis
  
• Describe their epidemiology
  
• Outline agent biology, pathogenesis of disease
  
• Suggest diagnostic approaches as part of a management plan that includes specific therapy as well as infection control / public health measures
  

Learning Objectives

• Describe the epidemiology and pathophysiology of Salmonella typhi
  
• Suggest an approach to diagnosis and management of typhoid fever
  
• Describe commonly associated complications
  
• Suggest public health interventions that need to be implemented