ENTEROBACTERIACEAE Flashcards
1
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- Gram (-) bacilli
- facultative anaerobe, NS
- Ferments glucose
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ENTEROBACTERIACEAE
2
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TRUE PATHOGENS
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Escherichia
Klebsiella
Enterobacter
3
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2 Enzymes
A
Beta galactosidase - Major enzyme
Lactose permease - Non-pathogenic
4
Q
Envelope/capsular antigen
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K antigen
5
Q
Somatic; heat stable
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O antigen
6
Q
Flagellar; heat labile
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H antigen
7
Q
Mostly motile
Normal flora of GIT known as colon bacillus
#1 cause of community acquired UTI
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Escherichia coli
8
Q
- Lesions called “attaching and effacing lesions”
- ‘’Infantile diarrhea’’
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EPEC
9
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‘’watery/ bloody diarrhea’’
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EIEC
9
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‘’watery/ bloody diarrhea’’
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EIEC
10
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Associated to diarrhea and UTI
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EAEC
11
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Associated to diarrhea and UTI
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DAEC
12
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- Diarrhea ‘’stacked-brick pattern’’
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EAEC
13
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’Montezuma’s revenge’’
‘’Traveller’s diarrhea’’
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ETEC
14
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‘’Grossly bloody diarrhea’’
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EHEC
