Cross Staph Lecture Flashcards
differentiating lab properties of staphylococci?
nonmotile
no spores
catalase +
what does catalase do
degrade hydrogen peroxide from neuts
3 most important human staph pathogens
aureus
epidermidis
saprophyticus
how does staph aureus cause disease, generally?
producing toxins
inducing pyogenic inflammation
diseases caused by s aureus
abscess, septic arthritis, endocard, food poison, SSS, TSS; hosp-acq PNA ,septicemia, surgical wound infections; folliculitis, impetigo, bact conjunctivitis
what is predom organism of skin?
staph epi
diseases by staph epi?
endocarditis, prosthetic joint/ hardware infections
staph sapro causes what disease
UTI
what is carrier state
individual harbors pot’l pathogen and can infect others. Usually those who have recently recovered from a dis and still carry, OR those with asymp inf
What is colonization
acquisition of a NEW organism and may cause infection or may be elim by host defenses
what is colonization resistance
nonpathogenic resistant bacteria ocupy attachment sites on skin and mucosa, interfering with colonization by pathogenic bacteria
site of s aureus colonization
nose
s sapro site of colonization
skin around GU
what makes a s aureus plate yellow?
staphyloxanthin
Protein A
S. aureus. Binds Fc portion of IgG at complement binding site and prevents complement act; major comp of CW; **no C3b prod so phagocytosis of organisms is greatly reduced
P-V leukocidin
S. aureus. Pore-forming toxin kills cells, esp WBC, by damaging cell membranes; severe skin/soft tissue inf, also severe necrotizing PNA. Prod by MRSA, usually community-acq
Teichoic acids
S aureus. Mediates adherence to mucosal cells. Induces rel of IL-1, TNF from macs
peptidoglycan
S. aureus. Endotoxin-like prop. can act compelment, coag cascade, cytok
what strain of staph causes necrotizing PNA?
MRSA
main types of staph virulence factors?
surface proteins, enzymes, toxins
staphyloxanthin (carotenoid)
S. aureus. causes golden color. Inactivates microbicidal effect of superoxides and ROS in neuts
coagulase
S. aureus. Prothrombin –> thrombin, so fibrin clot forms. Walls off inf, delays migration of neuts to the site
hemolysins/alpha toxins
S aureus. hemolyze RBC and use the iron req for bact to grow. causes necrosis of skin and hemolysis
polysaccharide capsule
S. aureus. Stim macs to produce cytok, activates comp/coag
gamma-toxin/ leukotoxin
lyses phagocytes and RBC
pyogenic s aureus infections
endocarditis, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, postsurg wound inf, PNA–>empyema/abscess, sepsis, mastitis, abscess both from local inoculation and result of bloodstream inf