ANAEROBIC BACTERIA Flashcards

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Bacilli (rods)
gram negative - anatomic site

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B. fragilis group - colon, mouth
P. melaninogenica - mouth, colon,
genitourinary tract
Fusobacterium - mouth

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Bacilli (rods) - anatomic site
gram positive

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Actinomyces - mouth
Cutibacterium - skin
Clostridium - colon

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Cocci (spheres) - anatomic site
gram positive

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Peptoniphilus - mouth, colon, skin,
genitourinary tract
Pepstostreptococcus - mouth, colon,
skin, genitourinary tract
peptococcus

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ANAEROBIC BACTERIA

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  • most common flora of the colon
  • Bacteroidetes
  • Firmicutes
  • Actinobacteria
  • Verrucomicrobiota
  • Fusobacterium
  • Proteobacteria
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ANAEROBIC BACTERIA

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  • 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

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brain abscesses

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Peptostreptococci
F. nucleatum
and others

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oropharyngeal infections

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Oropharyngeal anaerobes;
Actinomyces,
P. melaninogenica
Fusobacterium species

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Pleuropulmonary infections

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Peptostreptococci
P. melaninogenica
Fusobacterium species
B. fragilis in 20-25 %
others

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intra-abdominal infections

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Liver abscess:
mixed anaerobes in 40- 90%;
facultative organisms

abdominal abscesses:
B. fragilis;
other gastro intestinal flora

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Female genital tract infections

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vulvar abscesses:
Peptostreptococci and others

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Skin, soft tissue, and bone infections

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mixed anaerobic flora;
cutibacterium acnes

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bactermia

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B. fragilis;
peptostreptococci;
propionibacteria;
fusobacteria;
clostridium and other

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endocarditis

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B. fragilis
actinomyces

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ANAEROBIC INFECTIONS

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  • 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
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ANAEROBIC INFECTIONS CLINICAL
FINDINGS

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  1. Foul-smelling discharge (caused by short-chain fatty-acid
    products of anaerobic metabolism)
  2. Infection in proximity to a mucosal surface (anaerobes are
    part of the normal microbiota)
  3. Gas in tissues (production of CO2 and H2)
  4. Negative aerobic culture results
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ANAEROBIC CULTURE MEDIUM

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  • Trypticase soy agar base
  • Schaedler’s blood agar
  • Brucella agar
  • Brain–heart infusion agar
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ANAEROBIC INFECTIONS TREATMENT

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  • Surgical drainage + Antimicrobial therapy
18
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Cutibacterium acnes

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  • formerly Propionibacterium acnes
  • an opportunistic pathogen
  • anaerobic unlike the other gram-
    positive bacilli
  • Clinical Finding: Acne Vulgaris
  • due to splitting of free fatty acids
    off from skin lipids by lipase
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Gardnerella vaginalis

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  • facultative anaerobe, gram-variable bacilli
  • Clinical Finding: Bacterial Vaginosis (no signs of inflammation)
  • vaginal discharge with “fishy” odor (whiff test)
  • pH of the vaginal secretions is greater than 4.5 (normal pH is <4.5)
  • associated with premature rupture of membranes and preterm labor and
    birth
  • Microscopy: clue cells (vaginal epithelial cells covered w/ gram-variable
    bacilli)
  • Treatment: Metronidazole
20
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UNUSUAL BACTERIAL PATHOGENS

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  • Bartonella
  • Streptobacillus moniliformis
  • Tropheryma whipplei
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Bartonella sp.

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  • intracellular, gram-negative rods
  • pleomorphic, slow growing, and difficult to isolate in the lab
  • seen in infected tissues stained with the Warthin-Starry silver
    impregnation stain
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Bartonella bacilliformis

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  • Oroya Fever
    • initial stage
    • serious infectious anemia
    • hepatosplenomegaly
    • hemorrhage into lymph nodes
  • Verruga Peruana
    • eruptive stage
    • vascular nodular skin lesions
23
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Bartonella henselae

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  • Cat-Scratch Disease
    • benign, self-limiting illness
    • fever and lymphadenopathy
    • develops 1–3 weeks after contact
      with a cat (scratch, lick, bite, or
      perhaps a flea bite)
  • Bacillary Angiomatosis
    • disease predominantly of
      immunosuppressed individuals
    • enlarging red (cranberry-like)
      papule, often with surrounding
      scale and erythema
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Bartonella quintana

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  • Trench Fever (Quintan Fever)
    • sudden onset of fever
      accompanied by headache,
      malaise, restlessness, shin pain
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Streptobacillus moniliformis

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  • aerobic, gram-negative, highly pleomorphic
  • forms irregular chains of bacilli
  • Clinical Finding:
    • Rat-Bite Fever
      • through rat bite
      • septic fever, blotchy and
        petechial rashes, and very
        painful polyarthritis
  • Haverhill Fever
    * through ingestion of
    contaminated milk
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Tropheryma whipplei

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  • an actinomycete
  • Clinical Finding: Whipple Disease
    • fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea,
      weight loss, and migratory
      polyarthralgia
    • most commonly in middle-aged
      men