What are the ways a pathogen can cause damage in gastrointestinal tract

In late November and early December, a hospital in western Florida started to see a spike in the number of cases of acute gastroenteritis-like symptoms. Patients began arriving at the emergency department complaining of excessive bouts of vomiting and diarrhea. They also complained of abdominal pain and cramping, and most were severely dehydrated. Alarmed by the number of cases, hospital staff made some calls and learned that other regional hospitals were also seeing 10 to 20 similar cases per day. 1) What are several possible causes of this outbreak? 2) In what ways could these cases be linked, and how could any suspected links be confirmed?

List key characteristics of the normal microbiota of the digestive system.

Which of the following diseases of the digestive system can be caused by bacteria? Group of answer choices appendicitis ulcers all of these diarrhea

What is the disease called that is being described here in 1649? The patient was a boy who passed black urine and who, at the age of fourteen years, was submitted to a drastic course of treatment which had for its aim the subduing of the fiery heat of his viscera, which was supposed to bring about the condition in question by charring and blackening his bile. Among the measures prescribed were bleed- ings, purgation, baths, a cold and watery diet and drugs galore. None of these had any obvious effect, and eventually the patient, who tired of the futile and superfluous therapy, resolved to let things take their natural course. None of the predicted evils ensued, he married, begat a large family, and lived a long and healthy life, always passing urine black as ink. Tay-Sachs disease maple sugar urine disease alkaptonuria O bileremia

What might happened to a human’s small intestine when get infected giardiasis?

For fecal portal of exit, do all parasites live within the GI tract lumen? Explain.

What are the Five F’s and how do they relate to enteric pathogens?