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What is the Gram stain of enterobacterales?

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Gram-negative

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What do enterobacterales refer to?

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It is an order that contains 7 families

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How do enterobacterales respond to an oxidase test?

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It will be negative

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What are the common characteristics of enterobacterales?

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Inhabit human and animal GI tracts
Common in nature
Facultative anaerobes
Motility variable
Glucose fermenters
Oxidase-negative
Not fastidious

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How do enterobacterales cultures look compared to Gram-positive cultures?

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Enterobacterales colonies ted to be big while Gram-positive colonies are much smaller in comparison

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What is the typical Gram stain morphology of enterobacterales?

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Medium-sized Gram-negative bacteria with rounded ends
Some are short rods that resemble Gram-negative coccobacilli
Often stains better on the ends = bipolar staining

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What are the relevant opportunistic enterobacterales pathogens?

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Salmonella spp (non-Typhi)
E. coli

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What are the relevant overt enterobacterales pathogens?

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Salmonella Typhi
Shigella spp
E. coli

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What are some infections caused by enterobacterales?

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Neonatal meningitis
Bacteraemia
Liver abscesses
Abdominal wounds
Lower respiratory tract
Diarrhea
Urinary tract

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How does E. coli colonize humans?

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It colonizes infants at birth and exists in a mutually beneficial relationship with the host and remains confined to the intestinal lumen

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How does E. coli cause disease?

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It causes disease in immunocompromised patients or can be introduced via surgery/trauma

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How is E. coli transmitted?

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Endogenous, fecal-oral, person-to-person, contaminated food/water

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What is enterotoxigenic E. coli?

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Traveler’s diarrhea = watery stools
Virulence factors = heat labile and heat stable toxins

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What is enteroinvasive E. coli?

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It invades enterocytes; similar to Shigella
Causes dysentery in young children

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What is enteropathogenic E. coli?

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Causes diarrhea in infants and chronic diarrhea

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What is enterohemorrhagic E. coli?

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Produces Shiga toxin which targets endothelial cells in the GI tract and kidneys
Causes hemorrhagic colitis
Causes hemolytic-uremic syndrome

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What is uropathogenic E. coli?

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Causes extraintestinal infections (UTIs)
Community-acquired

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What does enteroaggregative E. coli cause?

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Watery diarrhea

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What does Salmonella do?

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Causes infections in humans and cold-blooded animals

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What does non-typhoidal Salmonella cause?

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Gastroenteritis = diarrhea, fever, cramps with a wide variety of serotypes

Bacteremia, extraintestinal infections = spread from GI tract, immunocompromised

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What does typhoidal Salmonella cause?

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Typhoid fever = prolonged fever, multisystem involvement
fecal-oral infection

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Which species of Salmonella causes infection in warm-blooded animals?

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S. enterica

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When we refer to Typhi what do we mean?

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It is a Salmonella serotype, not a genus

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What is the onset and symptoms of Salmonella infections?

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Symptoms occur within 6-72 hours of exposure
Symptoms = fever, chills, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, headache, nausea, vomiting

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Who is most at risk for Salmonella infections?
Children younger than 5 Older adults Pregnant women Those who are immunocompromised
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How is Shigella transmitted?
Transmitted person-to-person and ingestion of contaminated food/water Shigellosis is most common in situations where hygiene is compromised
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How is Shigellosis characterized?
By bloody diarrhea and non-bloody diarrhea
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How is Shigella different from E. coli and Salmonella?
It is not motile so it cannot easily access the bloodstream
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PulseNet Canada plays a vital role in what?
Active surveillance and investigation of foodborne outbreaks
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How do we serotype E. coli?
By its O antigen (186 types) and its H antigen (56 types)
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What is the most common Shiga toxin producer?
O157:H7
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How do we serotype Shigella?
4 subgroups (A-D) and many serotypes
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How do we serotype Salmonella?
Based on characterization of O, H, and Vi antigens
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How do we test for lactose fermentation?
Use MacConkey agar If the plate turns red, that means that the bacteria produced acid Bile salts and crystal violet inhibit most Gram-positives
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What are 4 lactose fermenters?
Citrobacter E. coli Enterobacter Klebsiella
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What are non-lactose fermenters within Enterbacterales?
Salmonella Shigella
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What is indole used for?
To determine if the organism can convert tryptophan to indole It turns pink if indole is present
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What is a relevant enterobacterales that produces H2S
Salmonella
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What are the biochemical characteristics of E. coli?
Colony characteristics: LF, some beta-hemolysis Indole = + H2S = - Motility = +
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What are the biochemical characteristics of Salmonella?
NLF, black on HE agar Indole = - H2S = + Motility = +
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What are the biochemical characteristics of Shigella?
NLF, colorless on HE agar Indole = variable H2S = - Motility = -
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What are some primary stool culture media?
Blood agar MacConkey agar MacConkey-Sorbitol agar Hektoen agar CIN agar Campy-CVA or Campy CBF TCBS
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What is the purpose of a blood agar media in stool tests?
Rules out Aeromonas and Plesiomonas Sweep oxidase test and sub-culture This is a non-selective test
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What is the purpose of MacConkey agar in stool tests?
Contains bile salts and crystal violet which inhibits Gram + bacteria Tests for lactose fermentation Selective and differential medium
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What is the purpose of MacSorb agar in stool tests?
Used to enhance isolation and differentiate E. coli O157:H7 from other E. coli because this serotype does not ferment sorbitol while others do
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What is the purpose of Chromogenic agar in stool tests?
Detects Shiga toxin-producing E. coli of all serotypes
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What is the purpose of Hektoen agar in stool tests?
Selects for stool pathogens by inhibiting normal flora of the gI tract
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What is the purpose of CIN agar in stool tests?
Used to isolate Yersinia spp
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What is the purpose of Campy-CVA agar in stool tests?
Isolation of Campylobacter spp
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What is the purpose of TCBS agar in stool tests?
Selective and differential for Vibrio species
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What are the advantages of molecular testing for GI pathogens?
Fast, tests a broad range of organisms
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What are the disadvantages of molecular testing for GI pathogens?
Sensitivity, limited to the panel targets, can be expensive

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