Genera Campylobacter

Question 1

Capsule

Answer 1

Lipopolysaccharide capsule

Question 2

capsule-like protein present only in C. fetus

Answer 2

S protein

Question 3

Cell wall

Answer 3

Lipooligosaccharide

Question 4

inhibited by most selective media

Answer 4

C. upsaliensis

Question 5

selective media

Answer 5

Skirrow’s
Campy
Butzler’s

Question 6

Virulence Factors

Answer 6

Adhesins Cytotoxic enzymes Enterotoxin

Question 7

Has systemic infection

Answer 7

C. fetus

Question 8

Human Disease:

Gastroenteritis (histologic damage to the mucosal surfaces of the jejunum (as implied by the name of the species), ileum, and colon.

Answer 8

Campylobacter jejuni

Question 9

Human Disease:

The mucosal surface appears ulcerated, edematous, and bloody), extraintestinal infections, Guillain-Barré syndrome, reactive arthritis

Answer 9

Campylobacter jejuni

Question 10

Human Disease:

Gastroenteritis, extraintestinal infections

Answer 10

C. coli

Question 11

Human Disease:

Vascular infections (e.g., septicemia,septic thrombophlebitis, endocarditis), meningoencephalitis, gastroenteritis

Answer 11

C. fetus

Question 12

Human Disease:

Gastroenteritis, extraintestinal infections, Guillain-Barré syndrome

Answer 12

C. upsaliensis