Bacteria 3 Flashcards
Top pathogen contributing to domestically acquired food borne illnesses?
Norovirus
Top pathogen causing food borne illness that results in hospitalization?
Salmonella
Top pathogen causing food borne illness that results in death?
Salmonella
Danger of Listeria and E.coli O157:H7?
Less common but cause fatal disease
Incubation time for ingestion of enterotoxins?
Hours
Incubation time for infection by colonizing toxigenic organisms?
1-3 days
What happens to incubation time if enteropathic bacteria invade the gut wall?
Extended by days-weeks
How do enteropathic bacteria adhere to mucosal cells?
Pili and flagella
What enterotoxin produces T-cell super antigens?
Staph enterotoxins
Which enterotoxin produces cytotoxins?
Shiga toxins via Shigella and E.coli O157:H7
Which enterotoxin produces secretagogue toxin?
Vibrio cholerae
What happens after invasion and cytolysis of enteropathic bacteria?
Bloody diarrhea or dysentery
Clinically what causes a local disease from absorbed toxin?
Staph
Clinically what causes a systemic disease from absorbed toxin?
Botulism, o157:H7
What causes secretory diarrhea?
Cholera
What causes dysentery?
Shigella
what causes systemic illness?
Typhoid fever
What is Dysentery?
Loose stool+ Blood + leukocytes