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Day 5: Introduction Bacteriology and Diagnosis Flashcards

HC12, 13

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HC12: Microbiome

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Human-associated microorganisms
> 4* 10^13
> 500-1000 different species

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There are different microbiota on different parts of the body, why?

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  • Temperature
  • Moisture
  • more location specific factors
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Microbiota as source health and disease

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  • Nutrition and metabolism of foods
    > breakdown of indigestivle polysaccharides
    > Production vitamin B and K
  • Maturation and instruction of immune system: and tolerance
  • Colonization resistance: protection against invaders
  • Potenital disease causing: risk infection
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Balance microbiota should be towards…

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Commensals and not pathogens

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Pathogen

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Microorganism causing disease

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Commensal

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Microorganism in symbiotic relationship with host

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Commensialism

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Presence microorganisms multiplying in host without damage and reaction from the host (no advantage or disadvantage for host)

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Infection

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Presence (invasion) of microorganisms multiplying in the host, with damage to and reaction of the host

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Name 4 types of opportunistic commensals

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  • Neisseria meningitidis: meningococcus
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae: causing pneumonia
  • Staphylococcus aureus: normally harmless in skin, can get into bloodstream when invasion
  • Group A Streptococcus: infection of throat which can get into blood: sepsis
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Carrier

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Host that harbors potential pathogen without disease

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Pathogenicity

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Ability to produce disease in host organism

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Virulence

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The degree of pathogenicity of the microbe

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Virulence factor

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Microbial component that contributes to disease-making ability

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Different clinical pictures for infection S. aureus

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  • Different factors of bacterium
  • Scalded skin syndrome
  • Food poisoning by the excreted toxins
    > bacteria can be killed by cooking food but toxins survive
  • same causative agent
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Course of infection is determined by
1: Route of contamination and invasion of host
> name entries for S. aureus

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  • Skin or mucous membrane > SSSS (staphylococcus scalded skin syndrome)
  • Transcutaneous: vectors, insects
  • Directly in bloodstream: needles
  • Airways > SSSS
  • Gastrointestinal > food poisoning
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Pathogenicity: invasiveness and toxigenesis

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  • Invasiveness
    > ability to invade tissues
    > colonization, bypass host defense
  • Toxigenesis
    > ability to produce toxins
    > exotoxins, endotoxins

> > Virulence factors

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Course of infection determined by
1 Route of contamination and invasion of host
2 Properties of the microorganism
> name virulence factors

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  • Adhesins
  • Invasins
  • Capsule (polysaccharide): prevent phagocytosis or decrease complement activation
  • Toxins
  • Enzymes
  • Pili: protein strands which point out for attachment
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Different toxins in SSSS and S. aureus food poisoning

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SSSS
> S. aureus secretes exfoliative toxins A and B
> disrupt desmosomes by binding them and unstick epithelial cells of skin
> bacteria from local infection
Food poisoning
> S. aureus enterotoxin A
> potent gastrointestinal exotoxins

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Tropism types

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Cellular, tissue and host tropism

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Virulence factors S. aureus: toxins

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  • Cytolytic toxins: tissue destruction/abscess formation
  • Enterotoxins (A-E): toxicity
  • Exfoliative toxin: blistering: loss of desmosomes
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Virulence factors S. aureus: enzymes

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  • Coagulase: blood clotting
    > reacts with prothrombin in blood > complex: staphylothrombin > enables enzyme to act as protease and convert fibrinogen to fibrin > blood clotting
  • Hyaluronidase, lipase, fibrinolysis: distribution pathogen in tissues
  • Catalase: prevent oxidative burst, catalyse hydrogen peroxide

> > diversity within one bacterial species

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Enterotoxin A from S. aureus (food poisoning) is resistant to:

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Heat and low pH.
> gastrointestinal

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Sources SSSS and S. aureus food poisoning

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Infected wound
Contaminated processed food

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Course of infection determined by?

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1 Route of contamination and invasion of the host
2 Properties of the microorganism
3 Properties of the host
> age
> healthy or reduced resistance
> vaccination

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Normal vs hampered immune response

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Immunosuppressed individuals (AIDS, cytostatica) have lower burden for colonization for the opportunistic bacteria

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Neisseria meningitidis and streptococcus clinical pictures are …

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Similar
> completely different causative agents
> both the throat as natural habitat

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N. meningitidis character

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  • Gram negative diplococcus (coccus form)
  • Humans are only natural host
    > can cause meningitis and sepsis
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Vaccination campaign N. meningitidis

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Target: polysaccharide capsule
> first against serotype C (based on capsule polysaccharide group C)
> now MenACWY
> serologic reactivity polysaccharide: groups A, B , C, Y, W

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Gram positive bacterium

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Purple on gram staining
> one cell membrane and thick peptidoglycan cell wall layer around it

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How are the gram positive cocci genuses staphylococcus and streptococcus distinguished

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  • Staphylococcus: Catalase positive
  • Streptococcus: Catalase negative
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Staphylococcus species classification

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  • Coagulase positive: S. aureus
  • Coagulase negative: CONS like S. epidermidis
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Streptococcus species classification

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  • Group alpha-hemolytics: make blood plate green because make hydrogen peroxide. Common in throat and mouth.
  • Group beta-hemolytics: make toxins to destroy blood cells in vitro
  • Group gamma-hemolytics: no hemolytic activity on blood plate
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Gram negative

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Two cell membranes with thin peptidoglycan layer between them (in periplasmic space)
> pink on gram stain

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Name of bacteria

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Genus name Species name

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Typhi is the result of ..

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Some salmonella species

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Clostridium species character

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Can form spores and survive most extreme envirnoments

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Infection and transmission > results

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Transfer microorganisms from one place to another
> possible multiplication
> possible damage
> possible reaction of the host

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Ways of transmission

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  • Direct: person-to person or droplet (saliva)
  • Indirect: fecal-oral (contaminated food), airborne (aerosol), fomites (infected objects)
  • Vector: insect bite
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Zoonosis

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Infection through contact with animals
> both directions possible
> like ebola virus disease and salmonellosis

40
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HC13: Biofilms

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Bacteriën gaan zo organiseren dat ze een eigen taak hebben (op plastic of geïnfecteerde protehese)

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Diversiteit en volhardendheid van bacteriën

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  • Biofilms
  • Resistentie
  • Lastig te behandelen
  • Problemen zoals opnieuw opereren
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Gramkleuring bacteriën

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Positief: violet
Negatief: roze

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Uitspraak bacterienamen

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Klemtoon op twee na laatste lettergreep

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Rangschikking bacteriën

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Ketens: streptococcus
Tros: staphylococcus

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Vorm bacteriën

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Kok of staaf

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Indeling bacteriën op metabolism

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  • Facultatief
  • Strikt aeroob / non fermenters
  • Anaeroben
47
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Gramkleuring Clostridioides difficile en Escherichia coli

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C. difficile > positief
E. coli > negatief

48
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Hoe kweken anaerobe bacteriën

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Apparatuur en reagentia om luchtdichte potten mt kweekplaten zuurstofvrij te maken

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Betrokkenheid van bacteriën is afhankelijk van locatie: in de keel

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  • Vergroenende streptococcen (non hemolytisch)
  • Hemolytische streptokok
  • anaeroben
  • gram negatieve flora
  • gisten
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Darmen bacteriën

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  • Gram negatieve staven
  • Anaeroben
  • Enterokokken
  • Gisten
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Gewicht feces is …. aan bacteriën

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1/3
> hoog dragerschap en kolonisatie

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Diagnose bacterie: de bron

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Patientenmateriaal
> bloed, urine, feces, wond uitstrijk, sputum, neuskeelspelsel, BAL (longspoeling), catheter tip, IUD, heupkop

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Determinatie bacterie

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species genus

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Resistentiebepalingen staan in een …

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antibiogram
> voor welke antibiotica resistentie en gevoeligheid

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Diagnose op welke vlakken?

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  • Determinatie
  • Resistentiebepaling
  • Virulentiefactoren: hoe pathogeen
  • Clusteranalyse: verwantschap
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Diagnostiek: microscopie

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  • Directe kleuring patientenmateriaal
    > of kleuring bacteriële isolaten na kweek
  • Kleuringen
    > kleuring
    > fluorescentie
    > immuunfluorescentie met specifieke antilichamen
    » techniek afhankelijk van celwand
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Gramkleuring inhoudelijk

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Fixeren en dan kleuring
> crystal violet > joodoplossing > tegenkleuring
» werkt goed doordat het de biologie van de bacterie matcht
> kleur spoelt weg bij gramnegatief: geen binding peptidoglycaan

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Gramnegatieve staven vaak bij ..

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Urineinfecties

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Locatie van de kweek beïnvloedt de ..

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gebruikte kweekmedia

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Determinatie bacterie

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Massaspectrometrie
> MALDI-TOF
> Laser: ionisatie > door buis heen
> tijd tot detector geeft massa
> call voor een bepaalde bacterie door software

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Oude determinatie: bonte rij

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Pak kolonie en doe in buizen
> in elke buis, bepaald substraat en indicator
> in stoof
> kleurtje: beslisboom gebruiken in boek en classificatie

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Geautomatiseerde bonte rij

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Alles in well plates
> kleurencode in lab en afgelezen
> biochemische eigenschappen gebruikt voor determinatie

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Antibiogram maken

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Kaart met read gemaakt
> zuigt vacuum
> wells met antibioticum en verschillende concentraties op well
> in draaimolen
> gaan bacteriën groeien of niet
> scannen en detectie
> kaart is vooraf gemaakt met de antibiotica erin

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MIC bepaling

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Bepalen minimal inhibitory concentration
> gebruik plaatjes met antibioticum en gradient
> minimale concentratie voor resistentie

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Resistentie mechanismen

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  • Intrinsieke resistentie
  • Verandering antibioticum target
  • Enzymproductie
  • Lagere permeabiliteit celwand
  • Efflux mechanismen
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Waarom antibioticum met ijzermineraal erin?

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Verleiden bacterie om het op te nemen

67
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Toepassing verkregen resultaat antibiogram

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> naar arts en RIVM
hoge incidentie resistentie: minder antibioticum geven > adviezen op RIVM
gaat per centrumL infecties en resistenties verschillen per medisch centrum

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Empirische antibioticakuur

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Starten met antibiotica zonder kennis van veroorzaken micro-organismen, in afwachting van kweekuitslagen, op basis van RIVM cijfers

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Serologie

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Detectie antigen / antilichamen in patientenmateriaal

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Agglutinatietesten

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  • Antistoffen tegen deel antigenen bacterie samenbrengen
  • Soms ter determinatie
  • Meerdere antigeen en antistof complexen moeten bundelen
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Lateral flow assay

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Corona zelftest of zwangerschapstest
> membraan met antilichaam voor toxines van bepaalde bacterie/virus

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PCR test

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Voor virale infecties handig, lastig te kweken, of lastige bacterien

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Sequentie analyse

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Determinatie
> resistentiemechanismen voor specifieke genen
> clusteranalyse: verwantschapsonderzoek

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