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Enterobacteriaceae Part 1 & 2 Flashcards

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What are some general characteristics of Enterobacteriaceae ?

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  • commonly found in GI and water and dirt samples (all over our environment)
  • gram (-) rods
  • facultative anaerobes (prefer O2 resp but will do fermentation too)
  • some are motile
  • are fermenters (all can ferment glucose)
  • oxidase (-)
  • non spore forming
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What are the uses of a MacConkey Agar ?

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to differentiate lactose fermenting from nonlactose fermenting gram (-) bacteria (no growth of gram + cocci)
- isolates gram (-) enteric bacteria
- pink= lactose fermenting (mixed acids are produced which lowers pH which turns it pink)
- colorless= nonlactose fermenting

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What is the use of the Indole test ?

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determine if the bacteria produce the enzyme tryptophanase
- Kovac’s reagent will detect indole
- says tryptophan is present and the bacteria could use it to produce indole, pyruvic acid, and ammonia
- +: red ring at broth surface
- (-): no formation of red ring

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What is the purpose of a methyl red (MR) test ?

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determines whether the microbe performs mixed acids fermentation when supplied glucose
- creates acidic products which lowers pH
- breaking down or fermenting the glucose
- +: red color (low pH, acidic)
- (-): no methyl red color

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What is the purpose of Voges-Proskauer (VP) ?

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indicates a form of glucose fermentation called butanediol fermentation
- makes neutral products and acetyl methyl carbinol
- done in same broth as methyl red test

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What is IMViC ?

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Indole test, Methyl red test, Voges-Proskauer test, and citrate utilization test
- 4 tests that are usually run together to identify/differentiate the members of the Enterobacteriaceae family

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What is the purpose of a Kligler’s Iron Agar (KIA) ?

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  • detects the fermentation of glucose and lactose
  • detects the production of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide
  • the butt is for reading glucose
  • the slant is for reading lactose
  • has to be read within a certain amount of time since the colors can reverse
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What is the advantage of doing a Phenol Red Broths test over KIA ?

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the color does not reverse after a period of time unlike the KIA test

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What is the most common enterobacterial infection in the U.S ?

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E. Coli infections

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What is gastroenteritis ?

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inflammation of the lining of the stomach and intestine
- mild to severe diarrhea, low grade fever, varying degrees of nausea and vomiting

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What is toxigenic diarrhea ?

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bacteria release enterotoxins onto the surface of the small intestine
- bacteria doesn’t invade the tissue but toxin does damage to tissue
- large volume of stool with little blood
- seen with cholera, some E.coli and shigella

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What is invasive diarrhea ?

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organism invade the wall of the intestines
- disrupts the structure leading to gross injury
- smaller fecal volume, rectum pain, blood in stool, and ulceration of inner mucosal lining
-seen with salmonella, some E.Coli, and Campylobacter

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What is the greatest single cause of mortality among babies ?

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infantile diarrhea
- in some areas of the world it’s 15-20% in kids < 5 yrs die
- usually results from feeding baby contaminated food and water
- common in crowded tropical regions
- encourage moms in 3rd world countries to breastfeed

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What are some conditions for higher rates of infantile diarrhea ?

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crowded tropical regions with poor sanitary facilities, contaminated water supplies, and adults carry pathogenic strains to which they have immunity

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What are some characteristics of Enterotoxigenic E.Coli (ETEC) ?

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produces an enterotoxin that causes a secretory diarrhea
- Traveler’s diarrhea /Montezuma’s revenge/Delhi belly
- travelers encounter the bacteria that the local population have developed immunity
- symptoms last 5 to 15 days
- bacteria must attack to surface of the intestinal epithelial cells for toxin production to occur

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What are some characteristics of Enteropathogenic E.Coli (EPEC) ?

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inflammatory reaction to breakdown of intestinal epithelium
- pathogenesis is unclear
- causes diarrheal symptoms mostly in children

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Which E. Coli is ETEC ?

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Enterotoxigenic E.Coli
- toxigenic

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Which E.Coli is EPEC ?

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Enteropathogenic E.Coli
- invasive

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Which E.Coli is EIEC ?

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Enteroinvasive E.Coli
- invasive

20
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What are some characteristics of Enteroinvasive E.Coli (EIEC) ?

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bacteria penetrate the intestinal epithelial cells causing a inflammatory diarrhea
- feces contain blood, mucous, and WBC

21
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Which E.Coli is EHEC/VTEC ?

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Enterohemorrhagic E.Coli
- toxigenic

22
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What are some characteristics of Enterohemorrhagic E.Coli (EHEC) ?

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associated with hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome
- produces bloody diarrhea due to toxin damage of epithelial cells

23
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What is hemorrhagic colitis ?

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present with abdominal cramps and watery diarrhea followed by blood diarrhea
- no significant fever or WBC in stool

24
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What is hemolytic uremic syndrome ?

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leading cause of acute renal failure in children
- only type of E.Coli that is sorbitol (-)
- distinguished by using MAC with sorbitol instead of lactose

25
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Which E.Coli is the only one that can’t ferment sorbitol ?

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EHEC (enterohemorrhagic e.coli)

26
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What is the most communicable of bacterial diarrheas ?

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shigella

27
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What are some characteristics of Shigella ?

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  • do not ferment lactose (glucose +)
  • typically biochemical inert (most all test -)
  • fecal to oral route, takes only a few organisms
  • toxigenic only
28
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What are some characteristics of Yersinia Pestis ?

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  • found in various rodents (rats & ground squirrels)
  • from rodent to rodent or from rodent to human by the rat flea
29
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What are the 3 different clinical forms of the Yersinia Pestis disease ?

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bubonic, septicemic, or pneumonic plague

30
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What are some characteristics of the bubonic plague ?

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(bubo=swollen lymph node)
- bacteria multiple from a flea bite then enter lymph system
- inflammation of lymph nodes called a bubo (located typically in groin, less often on axilla or neck)
- 2-8 days, ends abruptly with onset of fever, chills, headache, nausea, malaise, weakness and extreme tenderness of bubo

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What are some characteristics of the septicemic plague ?

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bubonic plague progresses to massive bacterial growth in the blood
- initiates clotting mechanism
- palpations, chest pain and stiffness caused by circulatory stagnation
- subcutaneous hemorrhage
- purpura that may degenerate into necrosis and gangrene
- high fatality rate when untreated

32
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What are some characteristics of the pneumonic plague ?

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  • dreaded complication
  • infection is lodged in lungs
  • highly contagious
  • high fatality rate when untreated
33
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What are the 4 internationally quarantinable diseases ?

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  • plague
  • smallpox
  • cholera
  • yellow fever
34
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What are the products of butanediol fermentation ?

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neutral products and acetylmethyl carbinol

35
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What are the products of mixed acid fermentation ?

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lactic, acetic and formic acids
- acidic products

36
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What does a glucose fermenting only KIA result look like ?

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K/A
- Red(top)/Yellow (bottom)

37
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What does a glucose and lactose fermenting KIA result look like ?

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A/A
- yellow/yellow

38
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What does a nonfermenting KIA result look like ?

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K/K
- red/red

39
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What does a lactose fermenting KIA result look like ?

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A/K
- yellow/red

40
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What would the citrate test result of a bacteria that has the citrate transport enzyme look like ?

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blue color (basic pH)

41
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What would the citrate test result of a bacteria that doesn’t have the citrate transport enzyme look like ?

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green color (neutral pH)

42
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What is the pH indicator in a Citrate test ?

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bromthymol blue

43
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What is the purpose of the citrate test ?

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indicates what bacteria possess citrate transport enzyme

44
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What is the purpose of a Urea test ?

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if bacteria has enzyme urease
- breaks down into ammonia and CO2

45
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What is the indicator in a urea test ?

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phenol red

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