Bordetella Flashcards
This organism has bipolar metachromatic granules
B pertussis
Describe bordetella pertussis
RENAN
ROD ENCAPSULATED NEGATIVE AEROBIC NONMOTILE
Give some enriched media for b pertussis
Bordet-gengou
Potato-blood-glycerol agar
B pertussis are grown in charcoal containing media
True
B parapertusis are oxidase positive and urease positive
False. Urease positive. Negative oxidase
B bronchoseptica are both urease and oxidase positive
True
This bordetella sp causes subclinical infxn and has a silent copy of the pertussis toxin gene
B parapertusis
This sp of bordetella causes infxns in animals
B bronchoseptica
The highly infective stage of pertussis
Catarrhal stage
Catarrhal has the highest amount of bacterial load
Catarrhal
What phase are toxins produced and liberated
Produced - catarrhal
Liberated - paroxysmal
IPCPC q 7-10days 1-2 2-4 3-4
This condition prediminates in infants
Whoop - convulsions
This predominates in older children and adults
Paroxysmal coughing
Fatal complication of pertussis though rare
Encephalitis
Blood is invaded with pertusis
False