Enterobacteriaceae Flashcards
What are the major pathogens of enterobacteriaceae?
- E. coli
- Salmonella
- Shigella
- Yersinia
- Klebsiella
- Proteus
- Enterobacter
- Citrobacter
enterobacteriaceae are gram ______ with what shape?
gram negative rods
Do enterobacteriaceae form spores?
No they are non-spore forming
Enterobacteriaceae are ______ fermenting?
glucose
Enterobacteriaceae are ______ (areobes or anaerobes)
They are facultative anaerobes
What types of bacterial enterobacteriaceae are there?
normal flora, opportunistic and obligate pathogens.
How is control of enterobacteriaceae controlled in relation to public health
- water and food safety
-fecal oral transmission common
trash disposal like rodents and vector control
How are most Enterobacteriaceae cultured?
Most grown on common lab media, A variety of differential and selective media; Macconkey agar, Eosin-Methylene Blue agar, Salmonella-Shiegella agar
Sereotyping of Enterobacteriaceae is on the basis of what?
O, H K antigens which are also respectively LPS, flagella and capsule.
E.coli is a common ____ inhabitant
GI
E. coli was originally isolated as ______ and renamed as E. coli
Bacillus coli communis by Escherich
Normal flora E. coli is associated with what?
- intestinal disorders (diarrhea),
- urinary tract infections (UTI- most common cause of cystitis)
- Wound infections
- neonatal meningitis
How many strains of E. coli are sequenced?
61 strains
What are the Diarrhea strains of E. coli
ETEC EPEC EHEC EIEC EAggEC
Strains of E.coli differ in _____ properties these differences are also known as what?
virulence properties the differences are known as virotyping.
What does ETEC stand for?
EnteroToxigenic E. Coli
What does EPEC stand for?
EnteroPathogenic E. coli
What does EHEC stand for?
EnteroHemorragic E. coli
What does EIEC stand for?
EnteroInvasive E. coli
What does EAggEC stand for?
EnteroAggregative E. Coli
What does UPEC stand for?
UroPathogenic E. Coli
What does E. coli K1 strains cause?
neonatal meningitis
What strains of E.coli cause Gastroenteritis?
ETEC EPEC EHEC EIEC EAggEC
what is the genomics for K-12 E. coli strain
the commensal strain (MG1655) 4.64 Mb
what is the E.coli strain genomics for K-1
nenoatal meningitis strain (UMN 026) 5.36 Mb
What is the UTI strain of E.coli?
(IAI39) 5.13
What is the genomics for the E.coli strain HUS, hemolytic uremic syndrome
(O104:H4 str. 2011C-3493) 5.44 Mb
What is the genomic E. coli strain of EHEC?
E. coli O157:H7
Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) has how many cases and death per year in the USA?
73,000 cases and 60 deaths per year in the USA
How is Enterohemorrhagic E. coli caused?
By the consumption of ground beef and food contaminated with cattle feces.
Enterohemorrhagic E.coli contains a shiga-like toxin on lysogenic phage with can do what?
the shiga toxin can move to the kidneys and cause hemolytic uremic syndrome
What is hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)?
characterized by hemolytic anemia (anemia caused by destruction of RBC), acute kidney failure (uremia) and low platelet count
Enterohemorrhagic E.coli (EHEC) colonization is aided by what?
Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (normal flora)
Bacteroides theraiotamicron does what?
aids in EHEC colonization; cleaves fucose from host lycans (mucin); fucose triggers virulence in EHEC>
In Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) colonization what happens at the tissue surface?
Epinephrine and norepinephrine from tissue activate type III secretion, toxin introduced to intestinal epithelial cells- bloody diarrhea (dysentery).
Cattle can be a natural reservoir of ______
Enterohemorrhagic E.coli (EHEC)
What are the symptoms of Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)?
Abdominal cramps
bloody diarrhea
little or no fever
What is the main toxin of Enterohemorrhagic E.coli (EHEC)?
Shiga toxin (A-B5 toxin) which is similar to the main toxin from shigella dysteriae (shiga toxin). The shiga toxin (A-B toxin) binds to globotriaosylceramide-3 (Gb3) (found in colon. G3b is also found in renal glomeruli.
Many virulence genes encoded on pathogenicity island 1 in Enterhemorrhagic E. coli is also called what?
Locus of Enterocyte Effacement (LEE)
Antibiotic treatment of Enterohemorrhagic E. coli can do what?
cause risk of hemolytic uremic syndrome