GI tract Flashcards
CVA media
Cefoperozone, vancomycin, amphitericin B
48 hr incubation for Campylobacter
Yersinia enterocolitica
Growth on MAC at RT
Motility at RT
CIN media: bulleye
Virus cause GI infection
Adenovirus Astrovirus Norovirus Rotavirus Sapovirus
O antigen
LPS layer
Heat stabile
H antigen
Flagellar antigen
Heat labile
Vi antigen
Capsular polysaccharide
Mask O antigen if present –> boiling 15’ to destroy Vi and expose O antigen
Salmonella type
Salmonella bongori: cold-blooded animal, environment
Salmonella enterica:
- 6 subspecies
- human pathogen: S. enterica ssp enterica (serovars: typhi, paratyphi, enteriditis, typhimurium)
Salmonella on different media
SS Chrome: back center with clear perimeter
HE: black colonies
MAC: translucent - NLF
SMAC: pink - SF
Salmonella biochem test
TSI: K/A, G, Pos
LIA: P/P
Urea: Neg
Shigella on different media
SS Chrome: teal green
HE: translucent
MAC: translucent
SMAC: translucent
Shigella biochem test
TSI: K/A, NG, Neg
LIA; P/Y
Urea: Neg
Motility: Neg
Campylobacter condition & morphology
Microaerophilic, Capnophilic
Growth at 42C
Flat, irregular, moist, spreading edge
GS: GNR, “gull-wing” shaped
Campylobacter biochemistry test
Oxidase: Pos
Motility: darting
Hippurate test: C. jejuni: Pos vs C. coli: Neg
Selective media: CVA
4 antisera for Shigella
A = S. dysenteriae B = S. flexneri C = S. boydii D = S. sonnei
S. sonnei compared with others
Ornithine: Pos
ONPG: Pos