Dog-Sniffing Dogs Flashcards
Four Species of Shigella sp.
1) S. dysenteriae
2) S. flexneri
3) S. boydii
4) S. sonnei
Inoculum size of Shigella sp. is ______
small.
Shigella sp.: Acid resistance is induced upon __________
anaerobic growth conditions
Shigella species invade colon only __________ are susceptible
basolateral surface of epithelial cells
Shigella sp. enters epithelium of colon via ________
M Cells
Shigella sp. expresses ________________
invasion plasmid antigens
Shigella sp. ______ _______ ________
lyse phagosomal vesicles
Shigella sp. expresses ______ _______, which is an ATPase
Intracellular spread (IcsA)
causes actin polymerization
Shigella sp. IcsA causes (3)
1) death/sloughing of epithelial cells causing an ulcer
2) neutrophils that enter colonic tissue can be seen in stool
3) inflammatory diarrhea with leukocytes in stool
Salmonella sp.. cause ______________
gastroenteritis
Typhimurium & Enteritidis
Large infectious dose of _______________ required for disease
Salmonella sp.
Expresses multiple virulence proteins found on pathogenicity islands
Salmonella sp.
Salmonella sp. invades _______ surface of intestinal epithelial cells
apical
Invasion of epithelial cells by salmonella sp. occurs via..
bacterial mediated endocytosis
Invasion by salmonella induces _________ and ____________
cell ruffling and signal transduction activation
Salmonella traverse to the ____________ of intestinal epithelial cell within a _________
basal membrane; vesicle