BACTE LEC - Entero Part 3 Flashcards
principle of phenylalanine test
Deamination of phenylalanine to phenylpyruvic acid
positive rxn of the phenylalanine test
Positive (green color in the syneresis fluid
ONPG meaning
O-nitrophenyl-beta-D- galactopyranoside
test for Slow or late lactose fermenter
O-nitrophenyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside
only one that is ONPG positive
Salmonella serotype
Salmonella arizonae
rxn of citrobacter in ONPG
+
E. coli is a normal flora of the
GI tract
Closely related to Shigella (DNA homology)
Escherichia coli
“Montezuma’s revenge” “turista” Traveller’s diarrhea
Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)
diseases caused by ETEC
“Montezuma’s revenge”
“turista”
Traveller’s diarrhea
E. coli strain
Severe epidemic diarrhea = cholera Fever, headache, vomiting, chills
Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)
E. coli strain
Disease = Shigellosis
Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)
Invasion of intestinal epithelium
E. coli strain
Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)
E. coli strain
Fever, cramps, bloody stool w/ RBCs, neutrophil and mucus
Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)
Verotoxin causes what diarrhea
bloody diarrhea
Sorbitol negative SMAC
Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)
Verotoxic E. coli (VTEC)
0157 H7

Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)
E. coli strain
Hemolytic uremic syndrome
Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)
E. coli strain
Hemorrhagic colitis
Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)
strain number of Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)
0157 H7
Resembles E. coli
Lactose negative & nonmotile
Shigellosis (bacillary dysentery)
Shigella
Shigella: lactose (-) or (+)?
Lactose negative
Motility of Shigella
nonmotile
disease caused by shigella
shigellosis
bacillary dysentery
shigellosis
with fishy odor
shigella
enteric bacteria which causes Bloody, mucoid, diarrheic stool w/ pus cells & fishy odor
shigella
significant shigella species [4]
S. sonnei
S. dysenteriae
S. flexneri
S. boydii
Shigella spp
Most prevalent in the US
Neurotoxin & enterotoxin
Non-mannitol fermenter
S. dysenteriae
Shigella spp. Beta galactosidase (ONPG +) ODC +
S. sonnei
Motile & ODC Positive
Large amount of gas from glucose

Enterobacter
Enterobacter spp
Predominant isolate UTI & wound infection
E. cloacae
Enterobacter spp
Resembles E. cloacae
Yellow pigmented Neonatal sepsis
E. sakazakii
Short & nonmotile encapsulated Large, mucoid colonies Strings out when touched by the needle
Klebsiella