aerobic g+ bacilli Flashcards
normal flora of human nasopharynx
c.pseudodiphtheriticum
responsible for the s/s of anthrax
protein exotoxins
acute, contagious disease characterized by systemic toxin and false membrane lining of mucus membrne of throat which leads to respiratory obstruction
diphtheria
growth factor of coryne
8 amino acids
biggest pathogen
b.anthracis
b.anthracis is part of normal flora, T/F?
motile or nonmotile?
__% NaCl is needed
F
nonmotile
7%
appearance of b.anthracis on culture (3)
medusa head colonies
beaten egg white appearance
non hemolytic
b.anthracis grows in?
produces?
ferments?
low pH (
virulence factor of b.anthracis (2)
d-glutamic capsule (antiphagocytic)
protein exotoxins
combination of these protein exotoxins may lead to death
protective antigen
lethal factor
combination of these protein exotoxins may lead to edema
edema factor
protective antigen
other name of pulmonary anthrax
woolsorter’s disease
3 colonial type of ctba, bap
mitis
intermedius
gravis
growth factor of b.anthracis
thiamine (B1)
MOT of b.anthracis (2)
inhalation
traumatic introduction
3 types pf anthrax
cutaneous
pulmonary
gastrointestinal
appearance of cutaneous anthrax
black eschar appearance
closely related to nocardia and mycobacteria
corynebacterium
fried rice bacillus
bacillus cereus
most commonly encountered bacillus in oppurtunistic inections
b.cereus
weapon for mass destruction
b.anthracis
virulence factor of b.cereus
enterotoxins (heat stable & heat labile)
which type is assocuated with ingestion of contaminated meat, vegetables, poultry?
incubation period?
symptoms?
virulence factor present?
diarrheal type
long incubation (8-16 hrs)
diarrhea
(+) heat labile enterotoxin
which type is associated with ingestion of improper stored fried rice/reheated rice?
incubation period?
symptoms?
virulence factor present?
emetic type
short incubation (1-6 hrs)
vomiting
(+) heat stable enterotoxin
common laboratory contaminant
bacillus subtilis
result when virulent strains repeatedly subcultured in vitro
avirulent
sporeforming, rod shaped organisms
bacillus
appearance of b.anthracis in microscope
bamboo fishing rod appearance
unstained central spore
susceptible to penicillin?
appearance?
b.anthracis
string of pearl appearance
virulence factor of. c.diphtheriae
diphtheriae toxin
source of bacitacin antibiotic
b.subtilis
appearance of b.subtilis in culture?
ferments? (3)
ground glass appearance
mannitol, xylose, arabinose
specimens used for lab diagnosis of b.subtilis (3)
malignant pustule
sputum
blood
specimens used for coryne
throat, nasopharyngeal swabs
used to observe the capsule of b.anthracis in blood or csf?
india ink
coryne are glucose and maltose fermenters except (2)
c. urealyticum
c. psedodiphtheriticum
2 types of food poisoning caused by b.cereus
diarrheal
emetic
PLET means
polymyxin
lysozyme
EDTA
thallous acetate
enrichment and selective tchnique
heat/alcohol shock technique before plating on media
medium used for isolation of bacillus spp from contamintaed specimen
PEA
flagella of bacilli
peritrichous
give the characteristics of coryne (3)
nonmotile
non sporeforming
non encapsulated
pleomorphic rods