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Bacteriology Exam 8 (Legionella, Campy, Pasturella, Bartonella, HACEK) Flashcards

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What is the causative agent of Pontiac Fever/Legionnaire’s Disease?

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Legionella pneumophila

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What is required for Legionella to grow?

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Iron, L-cysteine, branched-chain fatty acids, and ubiquinones that is buffered to pH 6.9

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Legionella: motile or non motile?

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Motile

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Legionella: temperature requirements

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mesophilic (will grow at 20 to 42 C)

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Legionella: oxygen requirements

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obligate aerobe

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T/F: Legionella will grow on routine media

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false

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Which bacteria discussed from this unit is associated with running, free-flowing water at warmer temperatures?

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Legionella

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What is the primary means of transmission for Legionella?

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Inhalation and aspiration of infectious aerosols (does not transmit from person to person)

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What is the difference between Legionnaire’s disease and pontiac fever?

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Pontiac fever is a febrile disease without pulmonary involvement, unlike legionnaire’s disease, which causes pneumonia. Pontiac fever is not as big of a deal , but can lead to legionnaire’s disease.

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What media is required for Legionnaire to grow? What growth conditions?

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BCYE at 35-37C with increased humidity

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What will Legionella look like on BCYE agar?

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BCYE agar is black and Legionella will be gray-white with ground glass appearance in 3-4 days

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How can you identify L. pneumophila versus other Legionella species?

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L. pneumophila will NOT fluoresce under UV light, while other species WILL.

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Legionella gram stain

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Small, GNCB or GNR with weak staining and may require extended safranin counterstain

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Legionella: catalase, oxidase, beta lactamase

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Weakly cat pos
Weakly ox pos
B lactamase pos

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How are patients diagnosed with Legionellosis?

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A fourfold (4X) rise in anti-Legionella antibody with an IFA; serum specimens should be tested no closer than 2 weeks apart

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Helicobacter are strongly _______ positive. What color is this reaction?

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Urease; HOT PINK

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Gram stain for Helicobacter

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Curved/Helical/Spiral/Fusiform GNR

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Where is helicobacter pylori’s primary habitat?

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Human gastric mucosa

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H. pylori motility

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Motile

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How does H. pylori survive the low stomach pH?

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Produces urease that hydrolyzes ammonia to significantly increase the stomach pH to protect it from acidic environment

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H. pylori infections predispose infected patients to develop ____________ and _____________.

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peptic ulcer disease and gastric carcinoma

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What protein does H. pylori produce that enables it to invade the gastric epithelium?

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CagA

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T/F: Fecal specimens can be used for routine culture of gastric helicobacters

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FALSE; fecal specimens can only be used for stool antigen tests. For culture, we need gastric acid or tissue biopsy of the stomach

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What can be used for the presumptive ID of H. pylori?

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Typical gram stain morphology, positive results for ox and cat, rapidly urease positive

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What is the urea breath test and what organism can it help to identify?

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Person drinks C14 or C13 labeled drink and then their exhaled breath is tested for C14/C13 labeled CO2 indicating the presence of H pylori

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T/F: H. pylori antibodies are formed during infection

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True; but they are not protective

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Can H. pylori grow on routine culture?

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only on CHOC and it must be incubated in increased humidity; may take up to 7 days to grow

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T/F: Helicobacter does not cause diarrhea.

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TRUE

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H. pylori oxygen requirements

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microaerophilic

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What parts of the body is H. pylori associated with versus Campy?

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H. pylori –> stomach and duodenum
Campy –> small and large intestines

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Helicobacter colonies

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small, translucent, circular colonies or swarming phenotypes

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Bartonella gram stain

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Short GN pleomorphic CB or R

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Bartonella ox and cat

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ox neg
cat neg

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Bartonella will grow on?

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BAP and CHOC

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What can Bartonella sp. cause?

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bacterial endocarditis

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36
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What does Bartonella henselae cause?

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Cat Scratch Fever

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What does Bartonella bacilliformis cause?

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Oroya Fever / Carion Disease

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What does Bartonella quintana cause?

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Trench Fever

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39
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What organism is a facultative intracellular bacterium?

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Bartonella

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40
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What is the disease progression of a Bartonella infection?

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Proliferation of microvascular endothelial cells and angiogenesis (forming new capillaries from preexisting ones)

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What vectors are associated with B. henselae?

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cat, flea

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What vectors are associated with B. quintana?

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louse

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43
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What vectors are associated with B. clarridgeiae?

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cat, flea

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44
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What vectors are associated with B. vinsonii ssp. vinsonii?

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voles, ear mites

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What vectors are associated with B. vinsonii ssp. arupensis?

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ticks

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What vectors are associated with B. bacilliformis?

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sand fly

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B. bacilliformis causes Oroya fever/Carion disease. What does this disease cause?

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Acute hemolytic bacteremia (oroya fever) causing febrile anemia with intravascular hemolysis.

Chronic vasoproliferative disease (carrion disease) causing verruga development on the body

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B. quintana causes trench fever. What does this disease cause?

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Mild influenza-like headache and bone pain to splenomegaly and a short-lived maculopapular rash

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B. henselae causes Cat Scratch Fever. What does this disease cause?

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Papule/pustule at primary inoculation site and progresses into regional lymphadenopathy within 3 weeks

50
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Where is Bartonella typically recovered from?

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Tissue (cutaneous lesions or lymph nodes) or blood

51
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Anthroponotic bartonellosis vs zoonotic

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anthroponotic - humans as reservoirs
zoonotic - animals as reservoirs

52
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Pasteurella spp: motility and oxidase?

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non-motile, ox pos

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Does Pasteurella spp grow on MAC?

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No

54
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Pasteurella epidemiology

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Zoonotic disease that is normal flora in domestic and wild animals – transmission to humans occurs via animal bites

55
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What is the most relevant sp of Pasteurella?

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P. multicoda

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What disease can P. multicoda cause?

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Respiratory diseases and systemic diseases such as endocarditis and septicemia

57
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What are some suggestive clues that you might have Pasteurella infection?

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GNR, no growth on MAC, wound from dog/cat bite

58
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How can Pasteurella be differentiated from Haemophilus species?

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Pasteurella has CO2 independence and growth on BAP

59
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How can P. multicoda be differentiated from other Pasteurella species?

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P. multicoda is negative for urease and positive for indole and ornithine decarboxylase

60
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P. multicoda normal flora found?

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respiratory flora of birds and mammals. zoonotic to humans through bites from cat/dog

61
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P. multicoda: hemolysis, oxidase, indole, catalase, grows on, motility, smell

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Nonhemolytic
Oxidase pos
Indole pos
Catalase pos
Grows on BAP
nonmotile
smells musty

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What is the most common cause of diarrhea in the US?

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Campylobacter

63
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Does Campy have a low or high ID50?

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Low ID50; small amount to cause disease

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How do you typically get infected with Campy? (what is it associated with?)

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Eating raw or undercooked chicken and seafood

65
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What 3 main diseases does Campy cause in humans?

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Febrile systemic disease
Periodontal disease
Gastroenteritis (most common)

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Campy normal flora?

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Normal flora in poultry, cats, dogs, sheep/cattle

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Gram stain of Campy?

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Curved, GNR resembling seagull wings/S shaped

68
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Growing conditions for Campy

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Microaerophilic and capnophilic environment (5-10%O2, 10% CO2, 85%N2) at 42C

69
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Campy: motility, oxidase, catalase and sugar fermenting

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darting motility
non-fermenting
ox pos
catalase pos

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What Campy species are associated with gastroenteritis? Sepsis?

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Gastroenteritis: C. jejuni (most common), C. coli, C. lari

Sepsis: C. fetus

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Signs/Symptoms of Campy infection

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Non bloody diarrhea
Symptoms occurring 2-10 days after ingestion
Fever N/V

72
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What two medias are used to culture Campy?

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Campy-BA – blood containing media with antibiotics that suppress the growth of normal fecal flora, used to isolate C. jejunie
CCDA – blood free media supporting growth of most Campy species

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How can C. jejuni be differentiated from other Campy species?

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Positive sodium hippurate hydrolysis, while others are negative

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How can C. fetus be differentiated from other Campy species?

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C. fetus is incapable of 42C growth, it will grow at 25C

75
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C. jejuni and C. coli: Resistant or susceptible to NA and Cephalothin?

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C. jejuni: S to NA and R to Cephalothin

76
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C. fetus: Resistant or susceptible to NA and Cephalothin?

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R to NA and S to Cephalothin

77
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C. lari: Resistant or susceptible to NA and Cephalothin?

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R to both

78
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Differentiating Campy species: which will grow at 42C?

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All except C. fetus

79
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Presumptive ID of Campy?

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  • Curved seagull wing GNR
  • Ox pos
  • Cat pos
  • Darting motility
  • Growth temps
80
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Where are you most likely to isolate Campy?

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Stool or blood

81
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Where are you most likely to isolate Pasteurella?

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Wound

82
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HACEK organism growth requirements and what they will grow on

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Capnophiles (require CO2 for growth) and facultative anaerobes at 35C
Will NOT grow on MAC, grow on CHOC and BAP

83
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HACEK general epidemiology?

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Normal flora of nasopharynx and oral cavity and GI tract of humans and other animals

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What HACEK organisms are associated with bacterial endocarditis and soft tissue infections?

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Aggregatibacter, Cardiobacterium, Kingella

85
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What HACEK organisms are associated with sepsis and patients with neutropenia?

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Capnocytophaga

86
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What HACEK organisms are associated with dog/cat/animal bites causing DIC, renal failure, shock, and HUS?

A

Capnocytophaga

87
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What HACEK organisms are associated with endocarditis from periodontal disease complication?

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Cardiobacterium

88
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What HACEK organism is associated with Osteoarthritis in children?

A

Kingella

89
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What antibiotics are HACEK patients normally treated with?

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Beta lactams

90
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Gram stain of Actinobacillus?

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Bipolar staining resembling dots and dashes of morse code

91
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What does Actinobacillus cause?

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granulomatous disease in animals

92
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What organism has a distinctive four to six pointed star formation in the center of the colonies when cultured?

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Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

93
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T/F: Actinobacillus is part of HACEK

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False

94
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What does actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans cause?

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subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE)

95
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How to differentiate Aggregatibacter aphrophilus from Haemophilus?

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A. aphrophilus does not require X or V factors for growth

96
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How do you differentiate actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans from aggregatibacter aphropholus?

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Actinobacillus is catalase positive and negative for lactose and indole

97
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What HACEK organism may cause pitting of the agar but does NOT smell like bleach (such as Eikenella)?

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Cardiobacterium hominis

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Cardiobacterium hominis gram stain?

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GNR with a rounded end and tapered end, resembling a tear drop in the formations of rosettes

99
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Cardiobacterium hominis indole, catalase, oxidase?

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Indole positive
Oxidase positive
Catalase negative

100
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What disease can Kingella cause in immunocompromised and children?

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Osteomyelitis
Septic arthritis
Endocarditis

101
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How can Kingella kingae be differentiated from other Kingella sp.?

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Kingella kingae is beta hemolytic, others are not

102
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What agar can be used to selectively isolate Kingella ap?

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MTM

103
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Kingella gram stain

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Short coccobacilli with squared off ends and may appear gram variable

104
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How can we differentiate Kingella from Neisseria?

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Kingella is catalase negative

105
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How can we differentiate K. denitrificans and N. gonorrhoeae?

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Body site - mouth vs genitals
Nitrate reduction + for K. denitrificans

106
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What is Capnocytophagia associated with?

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Dog bites

107
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Capnocytophagia motility

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GLIDING motility

108
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Capnocytophagia gram stain

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GN fusiform shaped

109
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Presumptive ID Capnocytophagia

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Fusiform GNR
Gliding motility
Yellow-orange pigment

110
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C. canimorsus oxidase

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pos; other species are neg

111
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How is Klebsiella granulomatis diagnosed clinically and what does it cause?

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Giemsa or Wright staining of infected tissue - will reveal groups of organisms seen inside macrophages (Donovan bodies)
Causes granuloma inguinale or Donovanosis

112
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What is the most common cause of genital ulcers in India, New Guinea, South America, and the Caribbean?

A

Klebsiella granulomatis

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