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Exam 3: E. coli Enteric Diseases Flashcards

1
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What is the host association for F4?

A

Swine ETEC

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What is the host association for F5?

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Cattle, sheep, and swine ETEC

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What is the host association for F6?

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Almost always association with swine ETEC, sometimes cattle

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What is the host association for F18?

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It is now a common fimbrial adhesion associated with swine ETEC

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5
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What is F18ab primarily associated with?

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Edema disease strains

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6
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What is F18ac primarily associated with?

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ETEC

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What is the host association for F41?

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Usually with cattle, sometimes swine

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8
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What does diarrhea result from?

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Action of enterotoxins

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What is LT involved with?

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The swine type of E. coli

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What is LT?

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Heat-labile

A large protein made up of A and B subunits

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What is the general mechanism of LT?

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It causes disregulation of adenylate cyclase, which causes overproduction of cAMP

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What is LT1?

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Plasmid encoded and neutralized by anti-cholera toxin antibodies

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13
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What is LT2?

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Chromosomoally encoded and not neutralized by anti-cholera toxin antibodies

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14
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What is heat stable (ST)?

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A family of low MW proteins with a lipoprotein binding portion

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What does STa do?

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Activates guanylate cyclase and causes overproduction of cGMP

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What does STb do?

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Stimulates a GTP-binding regulatory protein

17
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What is produced with porcine ETEC?

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STa and/or STb

18
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What is produced with bovine ETEC?

19
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Describe EAEC

A

Associated with disease and can cause watery diarrhea

20
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What do some EAEC express?

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EAST1 toxin

21
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What can E. coli expressing EAST1 or AAF be isolated from?

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Weaned pigs with diarrhea and calves with diarrhea

22
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What does human EPEC express?

A

Fimbriae called bundle forming pili

23
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What is intimate adherence caused by in EPEC?

24
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What does EPEC have?

A

Type III secretion system

25
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What is one of the injected proteins in EPEC?

26
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What do tir and other injected proteins do in EPEC?

A

Reorganize the actin cytoskeleton in enterocytes to form attaching and effacing lesions

27
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What is EPEC a major cause of in young rabbits?

28
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What is the target of shiga toxin?

A

Endothelial cells

29
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What does shiga toxin do to endothelial cells?

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Shuts down protein translation/synthesis

30
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What does EHEC/STEC?

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Shiga toxin, unlike EPEC

31
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Describe the shiga toxin Stx2e

A

Associated with edema disease in swine

32
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Which E. coli use T3SS as the mechanism of producing disease?

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Enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic

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