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Chapter 19 Enterobacteriaceae Flashcards

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1
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What are the general characteristics of Enterobacteriaceae?

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Ferment glucose
Reduce nitrate to nitrites
Oxidase negative

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What is the morphology of Enterobacteriaceae

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Gram-negative coccobacilli or straight rods

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True or false. Enterobacteriaceae is facultatively anaerobic

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True

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What is the macroscopic morphology of Enterobacteriaceae

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Large moist, gray colonies

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Bile salts and crystal violet inhibit gram-positive
It is selective and differential
Lactose fermentation is differential
What agar plate is this?

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MacConkey MAC agar

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Selective and differential
Methylene blue inhibits gram-positive
Lactose and sucrose fermentation is differential
What agar plate is this?

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Eosin-methylene blue (EMB) agar

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Selective and differential
Bile salts inhibit gram-positive, some gram-negative
Lactose and sucrose fermentation is differential
What agar plate is this?

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Hektoen enteric (HE)

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7
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Green to blue color with H2S gas creating a black ppt is what type of enterobacteria

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Salmonella on HE agar

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8
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Green to blue green color is what type of enterobacteria

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Shigella on HE agar plate

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9
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Selective and differential
Has Sodium Deoxycholate
What type of agar plate is this?

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Xylose lysine deoxycholate (XLD) agar

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Sodium Deoxycholate does what

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Inhibits gram-positive and some gram-negative

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On the XLD agar plates, Escherichia coli and Citrobacter will produce what kind of colonies?

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Yellow colonies

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Yellow colonies on the XLD agar means that fermenters of those not producing what?

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lysine decarboxylase

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On XLD agar what kind of colonies will shigella produced?

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Colorless or red colonies

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On XLD agar what colonies will Salmonella will produced

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Red colonies with black centers

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15
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What does adherence mean?

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Prevent being removed from tissues

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16
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Enterobacteriaceae has what type of antigens?

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O antigen
H antigen
K antigen

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Where is the O antigen located at?

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In the cell wall and it is the heat stable antigen

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H antigen is the what type of antigen?

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Flagellar and it is heat stable

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19
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K antigen is what type of antigen

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Capsular antigen which is heat labile

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20
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Dry pink colonies
Beta-hemolysis on blood agar plate (BAP)
Motile
Possess adhesive fimbriae and sex pili
Possess O, H, K antigen
is what type of Enterobacteriaceae

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E.coli

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21
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What is the most common cause of UTIs?

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Uropathogenic E.coli

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Uropathogenic E.coli usually originate from where?

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In the large intestine as normal flora

23
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What can cytolysins do

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Kill immune cells and inhibit phagocytosis

24
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Klebsiella belong to what tribe

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Klebsielleae

25
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Where can the tribe members be found at

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In the intestinal tract of humans and animals, in soil, water, and plants

26
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Klebsiella pneimoniae can be in the

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lower respiratory tract infection of hospitalized patients

27
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What is the virulence factor of klebsiella pneumoniae

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polysaccharide capsule

28
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A documented pathogen causing meningitis and bacteremia in neonates from powdered infant formula

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Cronobacter sakazakii

29
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Opportunistic pathogens associated with outbreaks in health care settings

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serratia species

30
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What species is this of Serratia
Pink-to-red pigment when growing at room temp
Usually most clinically relevant
Nosocomial infections of the Urinary tract, respiratory tract, and bacteremia

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S. marcescens

31
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What type of species of Serratia is this?
Dirty, musty odor resembling that of rotten potatoes

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S. odorifera

32
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What type of bacteria is this?
Linked to gastroenteritis and occasionally isolated from stool cultures

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Hafnia alvei

33
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P. mirabilis and P. vulgaris generally produce swarming on what type of laboratory media. What kind of smell is produce

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Burnt chocolate odor

34
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What Morganella species can cause UTI species, is a possible agent of diarrheal disease and cause of neonatal sepsis

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M. morganii

35
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P.rettgeri can cause what type of outbreaks

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Urinary tract pathogen and occasionally nosocomial outbreaks

36
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What is the most common citrobacter species

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C. freundii

37
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What are three major clinical types of plesiomonas that cause gastroenteritis

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Watery or secretory diarrhea
Chronic disease that lasts from 14 days to 2-3 months
Resembles colitis

38
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True of false- Plesiomonas is oxidase positive

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True

39
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Is direct microscopic examination helpful in differentiating the species of enterobacteriaceae?

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No it is not very helpful

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A
41
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Characterized by prolonged fever and intermittent bacteremia

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Nontyphoidal bacteremia

42
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This type of bacteria appear clear, colorless, nonlactose-fermenting on MAC and on HE or XLD and does not produce H2S

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Shigella

43
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Lack H antigens, has K antigen and O antigens are separated by serologic grouping A through D

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Shigella

44
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Most serious infection (developing countries) is what type of shigella species

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S. dysenteriaae group A

45
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Second most common isolate in the United States is what type of shigella species

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S. flexneri Group B

46
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This type of shigella is more common in developing countries

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S. boydii (Group C)

47
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This type of shigella is most common isolate in the United States

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S. sonnei Group D

48
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Shigella dysentery invade what type of tissues?

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Colonic tissues

49
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What is the causative agent of plague?

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Y. pestis

50
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Gram-negative coccobacilli resembling a safety pin appearance (bipolar staining)

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Yersinia pestis

51
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This type of yersinia can be acquired from contact with swine, cats, and dogs.

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Yersinia enterocolytica

52
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Gram-negative coccobacilli appearance (bipolar staining)

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Y. enterocolytica

53
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This type of yersinia is the primary pathogen of rodents, farm animals, and birds

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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

54
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This type of media contains antimicrobials or chemicals

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selective media

55
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This media allows differentiation of bacterial species based on colony morphology

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Differential media

56
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