ANAEROBIC BACTERIA Flashcards
Bacilli (rods)
gram negative - anatomic site
B. fragilis group - colon, mouth
P. melaninogenica - mouth, colon,
genitourinary tract
Fusobacterium - mouth
Bacilli (rods) - anatomic site
gram positive
Actinomyces - mouth
Cutibacterium - skin
Clostridium - colon
Cocci (spheres) - anatomic site
gram positive
Peptoniphilus - mouth, colon, skin,
genitourinary tract
Pepstostreptococcus - mouth, colon,
skin, genitourinary tract
peptococcus
ANAEROBIC BACTERIA
- most common flora of the colon
- Bacteroidetes
- Firmicutes
- Actinobacteria
- Verrucomicrobiota
- Fusobacterium
- Proteobacteria
ANAEROBIC BACTERIA
- usually do not have the following metabolic systems found in aerobes:
1- cytochrome systems for the metabolism of O2
2- superoxide dimutase (SOD), catalyzes the following reactions:
gas bubbles
brain abscesses
Peptostreptococci
F. nucleatum
and others
oropharyngeal infections
Oropharyngeal anaerobes;
Actinomyces,
P. melaninogenica
Fusobacterium species
Pleuropulmonary infections
Peptostreptococci
P. melaninogenica
Fusobacterium species
B. fragilis in 20-25 %
others
intra-abdominal infections
Liver abscess:
mixed anaerobes in 40- 90%;
facultative organisms
abdominal abscesses:
B. fragilis;
other gastro intestinal flora
Female genital tract infections
vulvar abscesses:
Peptostreptococci and others
Skin, soft tissue, and bone infections
mixed anaerobic flora;
cutibacterium acnes
bactermia
B. fragilis;
peptostreptococci;
propionibacteria;
fusobacteria;
clostridium and other
endocarditis
B. fragilis
actinomyces
ANAEROBIC INFECTIONS
- caused by combinations of bacteria that function in synergistic
pathogenicity (polymicrobial)- about 25% have anaerobes alone
- about 25% have facultative anaerobes alone
- about 50% have both anaerobes and facultative anaerobes
ANAEROBIC INFECTIONS CLINICAL
FINDINGS
- Foul-smelling discharge (caused by short-chain fatty-acid
products of anaerobic metabolism) - Infection in proximity to a mucosal surface (anaerobes are
part of the normal microbiota) - Gas in tissues (production of CO2 and H2)
- Negative aerobic culture results