BORDATELLA

Question 1

Obligately aerobic, fastidious, Gram-negative
coccobacilli

Answer 1

BORDATELLA SP.

Question 2

BORDATELLA SPECIES

Answer 2

o Bordatella pertussis
o Bordatella parapertussis
o Bordatella bronchiseptica
o Bordatella avium

Question 3

Non-carbohydrates fermenters and non-motile except

Answer 3

B. bronchiseptica

Question 4

• Replicate on cilated respiratory epithelial cells of
  humans
• Mostly inactive in biochemical test

Answer 4

BORDATELLA SP.

Question 5

Culture of Bordatella

Answer 5

Bordet-Gengou agar, smooth,
glistening and silver color

Question 6

(+) catalase; (-) indole

Answer 6

Biochemical test BORDATELLA SP

Question 7

Nicotinic acid, cysteine and
methionine

Answer 7

Growth factors for Bordatella

Question 8

• Etiologic agent of whooping cough
• Only infects and causes disease in humans
• Does not survive well outside the host

Answer 8

BORDATELLA PERTUSSIS (BORDET-GENGOU
BACILLUS)

Question 9

Highly communicable stage,
mucous membrane
inflammation and mild coughing
with runny nose

Answer 9

Catarrhal Stage

Question 10

Associated with vomiting and
“whooping” or hurried, deep
respiration, last for six weeks.
Severe coughing for 15 to 25 X
in 24 hrs

Answer 10

Paroxysmal Stage

Question 11

▪ Symptoms slowly decline, last
six months after infection.

Answer 11

Convalescent Stage

Question 12

Regan-Lowe agar, Bordet-Gengou
potato infusion agar, Modified Jones-Kendrick
charcoal agar and Casamino acid broth

Answer 12

CULTURE in Bordatella