exam 2 Flashcards
General defense of Respiratory tract (4)
Epithelial cells
Mechanical
Intraepthelial Lymphocytes
normal flora
function of normal flora in URT vs LRT
URT- similar function to GI tract
LRT: sterile (no normal flora), contains alveolar macrophages
an example of a localized, upper respiratory infection due to a contagious pathogen
Canine tracheobronchitis - Bordetella bronchiseptica
kennel cough
B bronchiseptica in cats, pigs
more likely to cause pneumonia in cats and other species than dogs
-significant pathogen of swine (involved in atrophic rhinitis)
Encounter of B. bronchiseptica
- NOT normal flora, obligate pathogen
- obligate parasite - of URT (sole reservoir of infection is other infected animals)
- highly contagious (aerosolized, needs close contact)
- disease enhances transmission (coughing, puppies shed for up to 3 months post infection)
- can become carrier if not enough immunity to clear organism completely
exogenous
not from normal flora
endogenous
from normal flora
B. bronchiseptica (entry)
- exogenous
- Pili - specific adhesion to ciliated epithelium
- doesn’t penetrate cells (not intracellular pathogen, doesn’t invade across epithelium)
- primary damage from viruses (PI2,CAV 1 &2)
B bronchiseptica (multiplication and spread)
- usually localized to URT, no bacteremia, doesn’t extend beyond mucosal surface, multiplies on cilia and spreads
- rarely speads to lungs: immunosuppression with canine distemper, toy breeds, immotile cilia syndrome
- pneumonia is more common in cats/guinea pigs where B bronchiseptica acts as primary pathogen
B. bronchiseptica (mechanism of damage)
- endotoxin - minor component, may cause mild fever if absorbed through damaged mucosa
- exotoxin - cytotoxin (damages ciliary epithelium, accumulation of debris)
Adenylate cyclase (increases cAMP that inhibit phagocytosis) - IgA binds to pili, loss of adhesion leads to clearance
ciliostasis from B. bronchiseptica
happens within 5 minutes
impairs mucociliary elevator
B. bronchiseptica (diagnosis)
- based on clinical signs
2. may culture if concerned about LRT (bronchoalveolar lavage/trans-tracheal aspirate)
clinical signs of B bronchiseptica
dry hacking cough, exposure to other dogs
B bronchiseptica (treatment)
- antibiotics??? most are self limited, treat if there is risk of pneumonia, AB do not affect course of URT(ampicillin, tetracycline, aerosol therapy)
- primary treatment is supportive (warm and dry, anti-inflammatory, cough suppressants)
B bronchiseptica (prevention)
- improved ventilation
- control exposure (stress)
- vaccination
- sanitation
B bronchiseptica (types of vaccinations)
- systemic bacterin - while killed bacteria, elevated circulating IgG, less protective, no surface IgA, included in canine parainfluenza, canine adenovirus, distempter vacines
- intranasal vaccine- live avirulent, elevates local IgA titers, blocks binding of bacteria to cilia, booster required
how long are dogs protected after natural infection from B. bronchiseptica
up to 16 weeks (can become reinfected)
B bronchiseptica - enhances transmissibility
transmitted readily by aerosol in less ventilated, indoor environement.
warm, humid air enhances transmissibility
when should you vaccinate for B bronchiseptica
previoiusly exposed adult dogs can be vaccinated once 2 weeks prior to moving indoor (stress)
assume effectiveness for 4 months
An example of lower respiratory infection due to normal flora
Bovine Respiratory disease complex (shipping fever)
shipping fever host factors
- more common in growing cattle (6 mo -2 yrs)
- non immunized calves more susceptible (no neutralizing antibodies)
- outbreaks after arrival in feedlot (7-10 days)
shipping fever Environment/management factors
- Stress ( transportation)
- mixing of cattle from different sources
- feed and water deprivation
- inclement weather
- confinement in poorly ventilated barns
shipping fever - Pathogen factors
- complex of viral and bacterial respiratory pathogens
2. multi-agent disease, 1+ infections, bacteria from family Pasteurellaceae
Shipping fever- principal viruses
IBR, PI3, BSRV, BVDV
shipping fever - principal bacteria
gram negative
- Mannheimia hemolytica is principally associated
- can be pasteuella multocida, histophilus somni
- also Mycoplasma bovis (neither gram + or -)
Shipping fever - encounter
- all principal bacteria are normal flora of bovine nasopharynx (except M. bovis- pathogen)
- All principal bacteria are obligate parasites: only habitat is mucous membranes of URT, very short survival in enviroment
Shipping fever - Entry (into lung)
- endogenous infection
- stress alters ecology and immune competence of nasopharynx (transport, castration)
- inhaled into trachea/bronchioles (multiply/spread to alveoli)
shipping fever- Entry (how stress alters ecology)
a. M. haemolytica type A1 overgrows serotype A2
b. stress predisposes to viral infection - viral damage to innate respiratory defenses
shipping fever- frequency of Mannheimia haemolytica isolations from nasal swabs are
serotype 2 predominant isolate at teh farm
serotype 1 predominant at feedlot
shipping fever- multiplication and spread
- strictly extracellular bacteria - phagocytosis by neuts, macs, very important in control
- do not multiply or invade the normal trachea or lung - infection disrupts pulmonary defenses, prevents clearance of bacteria
- spread is aerogenous, bacteria localize preferentially in ventral portions of cranial lobes (gravity)
PI3
damages function ciliated epithelium, macrophages
IBR and BRSV
damage (loss of) ciliated epithelium
BVD
Immunosuppresive: infects lymphocytes, enhances growth of bacteria
shipping fever - when is it most severe?
within 4-7 days of viral infection
Shipping fever - Damage
- bacteria proliferate rapidly in the lungs
- Exotoxin
- Local release of endotoxin
4 virulence factors of M. haemolytica
- Fimbriae - enhances colonization of URT
- Plysaccharide capsule: inhibits phagocytosis and complement mediated lysis
- Endotoxin: induces proinflammatory cytokines, toxic to bovine nedothelial cells
- Leukotoxin(exotoxin) : lethal for leukocytes and platelets and impairs mac function
Shipping fever - exotoxin (damage)
- leukotoxin or cytotoxin
- inserts pore into cell membrane, destroys cells in the area - TISSUE NECROSIS
Shipping fever - release of endotoxin (damage)
- vasculitis, fibrin exudation and thrombi
shipping fever - Immune response
- Antibody to leukotoxin prevents cell damage
- Ab+complement kill bacteria directly (extracellular)
- if survive acute infection see fibroplastic healing
shipping fever - fibroplastic healing
a. pulmonary fibrosis - lost lung function
b. chronic poor weight gain = poor doers
shipping fever - Diagnosis
- history of stress and sudden onset of respiratory disease
- gross pathological findings
- bacteria culture for Antibiotic sensitivity (tissue blood from septic animal, trans tracheal aspirate/ bronchoalveolar lavage, cytospin)
shipping fever - clinical signs
7-14 days after arrival in feedlot fever anorexia respiratory distress some found dead
shipping fever - treatment of acute pneumonia
- antibiotics reduces mortality and development of chronic pneumonia if treated early
- oxytetracycline and sulphonamides
shipping fever- treatment of chronic pneumonia
Rx of little value
has permanent lung damage
MIMS - shipping fever
maximum immunity - minimum stress
Shipping fever - prevention
- management (vaccinate against virus(IBR, PI3, wean 2 wks before shipment, distribute stressors like branding/castration, isolate upon arival)
- Mannheimia vaccines
Mannheimia (pasteurella) vaccines
bacterins moderately effective at best
-not enough cytotoxin to produce neutralizing antibody titers
Systemic infection (caused by obligate intracellular pathogen) where respiratory tract is primary target
Psittacosis (Chlamydiosis)
Chlamydophila psittaci
Gram - bacteria
psittacosis
infection in psittacine birds or humans
ornithosis
infection in non-psittacine birds
Psittacosis - encounter
- obligate parasite - of intestinal and respiratory tract of birds
- adult psittacines may be carriers
- aerosols of feces and respiratory secretions -> elementary bodies
reservoir for Psittacosis
infected birds
doesn’t replicate in enviro, but infective forms can persist there for months (elementary bodies)
Psittacosis - entry and multiplication
- systemic infection
- receptor mediated endo/pagocytosis into epithelial cells
- phagolysosomal fusion is inhibited by chlamydophila
- Chlamydophila replicate as reticulate bodies within the phagosome
- differentiate into elementary bodies and lyse cells releasing them to invade new cells
obligate intracellular parasites
must replicate within, and not be killed by, a living host cell
Psittacosis - systemic infection - entry and multiplication
infects monocytes and macrophages (allow systemic spread)
epithelial cells of GI
local spread in intestine, URT or LRT
elementary bodies
environmentally resistant infective form
Extracellular bacteria
B bronchiseptica, S. Equi, M. Haemolytica
- replicate outside of cells (blood, mucus membranes, abscess fluid, environment)
Facultative intracellular
R. Equi
replicates either outside of cell or within cell (has a choice)
Obligate intracellular
C. psittaci
replicates only in cell, never outside of cell
Psittacosis - Damage
- gram (-) cell wall -> endotoxin release
- cell lysis
- clinical severity related to number of infected cells
Psittacosis - clinical severity
a. age of bird (young psittacines have higher mortality in outbreak)
b. species of bird - new world more susceptible than old world
c. strain - 8 serotypes, different levels of virulence
Psittacosis - Immunity
cell mediated immunity important to kill cells with intracellular organisms
sensitized T cells secrete gamma I, FN: activate macrophages, enhances intracelllular killing
infection not eliminated but maintained at subclinical levels
Psittacosis - diagnosis
must be reported to public health if suspected
- Antemortem test
- postmortem necropsy
clinical signs of Psittacosis
non specific - bird with lethargy
- serous ocular and nasal discharge
- diarrhea with excretion of green to yellow urates
Psittacosis Antemortem tests - Cloacal swab
cloacal swab - direct Ag detection
i) ELISA - detection of antigen in secretions and feces, lac sensitivity and specificity
ii) culture on cell lines - sensitive, takes time, most specific
iii) PCR - sensitive and fast
Psittacosis antemortem tests - serology
serology to detect antibodies to the organism (CFT, ELISA, IFT)
i) positive titer: exposure to antigen, (prior infections, prior vaccination, current infection)
ii) Rising titer: recent infection or immunization
iii) IgM antibodies - rises early during acute exposrue, detected by elementary body agglutination test (single positive titer (>1:20) with EBA indicates current infection
Psittacosis Postmortem diagnosis
air sacculitis, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly
a. look for inclusions (intracellular bacteria) with giemsa stain
b. histio lesions with intracellular organisms
c. culture of spleen
Psittacosis - treatment
Tetracyclines - Tx must be prolonged (45 days)
acute infections- replicating organisms most susceptible = good response
carriers - metabolically quiescent organisms more resistant to antibiotics
Psittacosis - Prevention
no vaccine
- aviary managment - quarantine and treat new additions
- importation - treat in quarantine station, USDA protocols
- Sanitation/disinfection (quats, bleach, chlorphenols)
Psittacosis - public health
concern is for bird owners (70% cases from cage birds) infection by inhalation of elementary bodies interstitial pneumonia (common), septicemia(less common) - case fatality ate about 1%, morbidity ~90% with hospitalization
Chlamydophila pneumoniae
human pneumonia
koala and equine biovars ( pneumonia)
Chlamydophila abortus
enzootic abortion in sheep, cattle, goats and other mammals
most common in the USA
Chlamydophila felis
conjunctivitis, rhinitis, pneumonia in cats
endemic among house cats worldwide
30% cats with conjunctivitis were reported to have Chlamydia infection
Antimicrobial therapy
selective chemotherapy (targeting microorganisms specifically) without damaging host cells and tissues
synthetic antimetabolites
-synthetic dyes that bind bacteria (arsphenamine against syphilis)
discovered by Paul Ehrlich in 1906
-sulfonamide
Natural products (bacteriocins) of bacteria and fungi
- Penicillium produced in 1940 - B-lactam antibiotics with both natural and semi-synthetic members
- cephalosporins: a second family of naturally occurring B lactam antibiotics
Natural products of higher eukaryotes (sources of anitimicrobials)
-potential sources for new antimicrobials
Antibiotic
a substance produced by a microorganisms that inhibits or kills other microorganisms, but causes little or no damage to the host
Antimicrobial
Any substance of natural or synthetic origin that inhibits or kills a microorganism, but causes little or no damage to the host
principles for antibacterial selection
- potential interactions between the antimicrobial, microorganisms and host
- static/cidal? spectrum? toxicity? in vivo effectiveness? Gram +/-
bacteriostatic
reversible inhibition of bacterial growth
bactericidal
irreversible inhibition of bacterial growth- meaning bacteria are killed
-preferred for immunosuppressed or immunodeficient animals
bacteriostatic and bactericidal
distinction is not absolute - depends on species and dose (penicillin is cidal at recommended doses, but static at low doses)
both classes rely on competent host immune system
indifference: antimicrobial combination
combined are more effective than the more effective antibiotic used alone
additive: antimicrobial combination
combined action is equal to the SUM of either used alone
- two antibiotics with the same mech of action