GI pathogens/Blood cultures Flashcards
Stool Viablity
1 hr, 72 hr fridge, Shigella/Vibrio need transport media (Cary-Blair, alkaline peptone water)
Media
BAP, MAC/EMB, HE/XLD, Campy, GN, CIN, TCBS, SMAC
Eosin methylene blue
differential, lactose fermenter (E. coli black/green, SS do not (pink/mucoid), sucrose
Hektoen enteric
lactose, sucrose, salicin, peptone metabolism by SS turn blue/green, others yellow/red
Xylose lysine deoxycholate
Salmonella turn xylose yellow then lysine to red, Shigella red (sucrose, lactose E. coli yellow)
CIN
Y. entercolitica, neutral red, cefsulodin, irgasan, novobiocin, mannitol
SS agar
lactose, neutral red, S/D
Thiosulfate citrate bile sucrose agar (green)
V. cholerae yellow, parahaemolyticus blue/green, no e coli
Campy agar
Cephalothin, charcoal
Selenite F broth
SS, NaSe inhibit GP
Citrobacter
indole+, lysine/orn=, ONPG+
Edwardsiella tarda
indole+, citrate=
Salmonella enterica
MAC (nonlactose fermenter yellow), XLD/HE H2S
Yersinia
appendicitis, paperclip, cold loving,
Plesiomonas shigelloides (seafood)
lophotrichous flagella, O/129 (S), indole+, lys/orn+, not hemolytic, no exoenzymes
Vibrio cholerae
O/129 (S), grows without salt, SUCROSE, VP+, TCBS yellow, rice water
V. parahaemolyticus
citrate=, Arabinose ferment, NaCl 8% growth, kanagawa phenomenon
V. vulnificus
lactose fermenter, immuno seafood, liver disease/diabetes
Aeromonas hydrophilia
ulcer/hemorrhagic septicemia/cellulitis/ecthyma gangrenosum (pic), 5 diarrhea
Aeromonas
O/129 (R), Group 1, citrate/indole/VP/lysine+, DNase/lipase/gelatinase, orn=
TSI group 1
yellow/yellow, V. cholerae (MAC colorless, +everything), A. hydrophila (pink, orn=, O129 (R))
TSI group 3
pink/yellow, V. parahaemolyticus (colorless, citrate/VP=)
TSI 1 and 3
V. vulnificus (pink, citrate+/VP=), P. shigelloides (citrate=/gelatinase+)
campylobacter jejuni
fowl/cattle water, most common gastroenteritis, 42C/microaero, cyto/enterotoxin, NG MAC, comma rods