17 Sal/Vib Flashcards
Why are vibrio organisms separated from enterobacteriaciae?
They display positive oxidase and have polar flagella
What type of flagella do E. Coli have?
peritrichous
Is Ecoli oxidase positive?
no, negative
Out of the 60 vibrio species, what are the 3 important ones?
V. cholerae
V. parahaemolyticus
V. vulnificus
Which vibrio species is the cause of great human morbidity and mortality through pandemic disease?
cholerae
What vibrio species causes gastroenteritis, wound infection, and bacteremia?
parahaemolyticus
What is the more invasive vibrio species?
vulnificus
What does v. vulnificus cause? 4
severe diarrhea
septicemia
life threatening cellulitis
wound infection
Who are at risk to v. vulnificus?
renal insufficiency
liver disease
alcoholism
Vibrio growth on what plate distinguishes vibrios?
Why is cholerae different? color?
What are the other colors?
Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Sucrose - TCBS
Cholerae ferments sucrose and forms yellow colonies.
parahaemolyticus and vulnificus are green
How does vibrio appear on blood agar? (initially and later)
Initially surrounded by zone go greening, later the zone is clear due to hemodigestion
What vibrio has enzymes to digest shellfish shell? When do we see this?
V. cholerae
Warm weather–> algal blooms–>copepods–> disease
Which vibrio can grow in +/- salt?
V. Cholerae
True or false– vibrio pathogens die in salt?
False–they are halophilic and require salt
What is responsible for inserting the enterotoxin gene into v cholerae and is responsible for cholera?
a phage called CTX
How many o type antigens for v. cholerae?
Which ones are associated with cholera toxin pandemics?
- 140
2. Only O1 and O139
What are the 3 serotypes and 2 biotypes of the O1 serogroup?
sero-Inaba, Ogawa and Hikojima
bio-Classical and El Tor
What biotype was responsible for first 6 cholera pandemics? What about 7? What about the current epidemic 8 ?
1-6=Classical
7= El Tor
8=O139
Why is no protected immunity conferred in cholera?
adults pref. infected with O1 are now infected with O139
T-F–O1 - classical biotype is extinct?
True- this is why people have cholera today are infected with O139 or El Tor
How long after ingestion of bacteria does abrupt onset of watery diarrhea and vomiting in cholera? what happens after more fluid is lost? How much fluid can they lose?
- 2-3 days
- stool becomes odorless, colorless, free of protein and speckled with mucous
- 1 liter of fluid per hour (50% weight loss)
Why isn’t cholerae flushed out with all the diarrhea?
TCP–adheres to mucosal cell layer by means of the toxin co-regulated pious (TCP)
T-F–cholera disease can progress to severe dehydration, muscle cramps, and metabolic alkalosis?
False–metabolic acidosis but others are correct
T-F–cholera disease progresses to hypokalemia, hypovolemic shock and renal failure?
True
What are good signs of dehydration in cholera?
sunken eyes, flaccid skin, washerwoman’s hands
What type of fever and WBC in stool do we see in cholera?
No fever
No WBC in stool
What is the mortality rate in untreated cholera patients? how is it decreased?
60%–fluid and electrolytes
What type of exotoxin is cholera toxin?
A-B type exotoxin