2.2.3 Helicobacter Flashcards
Causes 80% of gastric ulcer?
H. pylori
H. pylori usually causes infection due to?
Motility
Urease
Adhesine
Cytotoxins
What is the flagella for H. pylori?
Lophotrichous
ITs secretion increases the pH of the stomach (Alkaline
Urease
Attaches to the epithelial cells in the stomach?
Adhesine
Destroys the cells that usually support or protect the stomach
Cytotoxins
What H. pylori penetrates in stomach?
Gastric mucin gel
Clinical manifestation of H. pylori
Type B gastritis
Peptic and duodenal ulcers
GI carcinoma
2 Spp of Arcobacter?
A. butzleri
A. cryaerophilus
Associate with diarrheal diease and bacteremia in humans and in children with recurring gastrointestial illness
A. butzleri
Arcobacter that is isolated from cases of human bacteremia and diarrhea
A. cryaerophilus
Involved in peridontal disease?
Campylobacter concisus
Enteric disease in swine; occasionally associate in human enteric illness
Campylobacter hyointestinalis