2ba Flashcards
Closely related to Escherichia – both belong to the same tribe, Escherichieae
Shigella
– not members of the GI microbiota, and are considered as “primary pathogens”
Shigella
Shigella
All species causes
dysentery (bloody diarrhea with mucus, blood, and leukocytes)
Shigella
Biochemical characteristics:
§ fermenters
§ motile?
§ Anaerogenic, except____
§ Do not hyrdrolyse____
§ Do not produce____
§ Do not___ lysine
§ Do not use ______as carbon source
Non-lactose
Non-motile
Shigella flexneri
urea
H2S
decarboxylate
acetate or mucate
Biochemically inert
Shigella
Shigella
– unique member of the genus
§ Ability to ferment lactose slowly (LLF)
producing pink colonies on MAC agar only after 48 hours of incubation
§ ONPG positive
Shigella sonnei
Shigella species – fragile and susceptible to various effects of physical and chemical
agents:
§ Disinfectants
§ High concentrations of acids and bile
Differentiate sonnei with other members of the genus
LLF
are susceptible to the acid pH of
the stool. Feces suspected of containing ____ spp., must be immediately inoculated to primary culture media to increase recovery of the organisms
Shigella
All Shigella species – possess____ antigens, and certain strains possess___ antigens
O
K
if present, interfere with the detection of the O antigen during serologic grouping.
K antigens (capsular)
Does shigella have H antigen?
No! Non motile!
Shigella
Serotypes based on their O antigen
Subgroup A–
Subgroup B–
Subgroup C–
Subgroup D–
S. dysenteriae (Dysentery bacillus)
S. flexneri (Strong’s bacillus)
S. boydii (S. ambigua)
S. sonnei
Shigella sp (-) for Mannitol fermentation
S. dysenteriae
Shigella sp (+) Ornithine decarboxylase
S. sonnei
Shigella
Mode of Transmission
(2)are the only known reservoir!
Humans and other large primates
Shigella
Mode of Transmission
Mode of transmission:
May also be transmitted by
…plays a major role in the transmission
direct person-to-person contact,
fecal-oral-route with carriers as the source.
flies, fingers, and food and water contaminated by infected persons
Personal hygiene
cause all types of bacillary dysentery– painful type of diarrhea characterized by watery feces w/ mucus, blood streaks & pus cells
Shigella species
Shigella
Infective dose: as low as____ bacilli are needed to initiate the disease in some healthy individuals.
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