Enterobacteriaceae

Question 1

foodborne members

Answer 1

shigella, e.coli, salmonella, yersinia

fecal oral transmission

Question 2

opportunistic pathogens (ICU bugs)

Answer 2

klebsiella, enterobacter, serratia, proteus, providencia, morganella

Question 3

virulence factors

Answer 3

pili for attaching to the gut and urinary tract, and T3SS for adhesion, enterotoxins, subverting gut macrophage

Question 4

Y enterocolicita and S. typhi

Answer 4

uses macrophages as Trojan Horses for passage into the local or system wide lymph nodes

Question 5

enterobacteriacae (definition)

Answer 5

gram negative, non sporulating, straight rods, facultative aerobes, catalase positive, oxidase negative, glucose fermenters

Question 6

hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)

Answer 6

caused by release of shiga toxin, mainly affects kids, seen with shigella and e. coli infections

Question 7

reactive arthritis

Answer 7

conjunctivitis and urethritis and arthritis, occurs after an infection by shigella, salmonella, yersinia, campylobacter, chlamydia.