Gram + aerobes Flashcards
Staphylococcus morphology & species (w diseases)
Gram + cocci in clumps
S. aureus = cows (mastitis)
S. pseudintermedius = dogs (pyoderma + others)
S. hyicus = pigs (greasy pig disease/exudative dermatitis)
Staphylococcus virulence factors
(true for all Staphylococcal disease)
(13)
Adhesins
Halotolerant/fatty acid tolerant
Antiphagocytic capsule
Staphyloferrin B siderophore
Chemotaxis Inhibiting Protein (CHIPS)
Protein A = binds Fc > inh opsonisation/complement
Clumping factor
Exoenzymes (staphylocoagulase, hylauronidase)
Exotoxins:
- α-toxin (haemolysin) + leucocidins > suppuration
- Exfoliative toxin > skin exfoliation
- Enterotoxins
- Toxic shock syndrome toxin (TSST) superAg
Staphylococcus - habitat (2)
Skin surface
Mucocutaenous jcn
Staphylococcus - host factors (3) & defence
Wounds
Hair follicles / skin glands
Hypersensitivity rxn (esp arthropod allergies)
Defence = phagocytosis (neut’s)
Pyoderma, otitis externa, abscesses, wound infections etc. in dogs
- Agent
- Pathogenesis
S. pseudintermedius
- Damage to skin integrity = wounds, allergies (flea bite/tick pyaemia), seborrhoea, maceration, glucocorticoids
- Suppuration + abscessation
Tick pyaemia
Staphylococcus spp. (esp S. pseudintermedius in dogs)
Staphylococcal bovine mastitis
- Forms (3)
- Transmission
Peracute = fatal in young cows > gangrenous dt α-toxin Subacute = heat/swelling/induration of affected quarter Subclinical = high ICCC + decreased milk prod'n
Transmission = via milking machines
Greasy pig disease (exudative epidermitis)
- Agent & virulence factors (3)
- Source of agent
- Predisposing host factors (2)
- Disease characteristics
Staphylococcus hyicus (fibrinolysin, exfoliative exotoxin, no α-toxin)
- Source = skin of pigs
- Predisposition = environmental stress, vit B deficit
- Acute, contagious, generalised, non-pruritic disease of young pigs (w high mortality)
Antibiotic tx for Staphylococcal disease
- Large animals vs small animals
Bo = Penicillin G (benzyl penicillin) Ca = ampicillin, amoxycillin
Streptococcus spp.
- Morphology
- Environment
Gram + cocci in chains
Mucous membranes (mouth/URT/GIT/genital tract)
Pyogenic pathogens
Virulence factors of Streptococcus (5)
Adhesins (lipotechoic acid + M protein) Capsules (hyaluronic acid or polysacch) = anti-phag M protein = anti-phagocytic Haemolysin (streptolysins O/S) Exoenzymes (proteinases, streptokinases)
Tx of Streptococcus
Tx = penicillin G (narrow spectrum, no resistance)
Tx = drain abscesses + isolate
Streptococcal bovine mastitis
- Source of infection
- Cause of dz
- Tx
Streptococcus agalactiae > S. dysgalactiae / S. uberis
- Source = obligate parasite of udder ductular tissue
- Acute cases = faulty milking machine, poor hygiene
- Tx required = benzyl penicillin (no resistance)
- Variable milk quality
Strangles
- Agent
- Source of agent
- Disease characteristics/progression
Streptococcus equi subsp equi
- Obligate parasite of equine nasopharynx/guttural pouch
Acute, contagious, purulent infection of pharyngeal mucosa > local lymphadenitis/LN abscessation > abscess rupture > recovery
Strangles VFs (3)
M protein = ↓ phagocytosis, adhesin
Hyaluronic capsule = ↓ phagocytosis
Streptolysin O (haemolysin) = damages phagocytes
Strangles defence + immunity
Defence = humoral anti-M protein Ab Immunity in 70% of recovered horses - Ab in colostrum = neonatal immunity - Cell-free vax available - Carrier animals = reservoir
Strangles transmission/infection route
Transmission = oral/nasal route
Infection = direct/indirect contact w infectious secretions
- feeding troughs, flies
- outbreaks in horses in close confinement
Agent persistent in pus/secretions in environment
Endometritis in mares
- Agent
- natural environment
- other dz’s
Streptococcus equi subsp zooepidemicus
- Commensal of skin/URT/genital mucous membranes
Dz = wound infections, secondary URT infection (after viral infection), genital infections in mare, neonatal infection > septicaemia/athritis
What causes S. equi subsp zooepidemicus to cause endometritis in mares?
Impaired bacterial clearance mechanisms of uterus (e.g. during luteal phase)
Zoonotic meningitis, arthritis, sepsis, pneumonia in young pigs
Streptococcus suis
- Commensal of tonsils/nasal cavity of all pigs
Feline/canine Streptococci
S. canis = dog/cat lymphadenitis + other inf’s =
Arthritis/polyarthritis in pigs
Streptococcus dysgalactiae ssp dysgalactiae
Streptococcus suis
Lymphadenitis in pigs
Streptococcus porcinus
Rattles (equine)
- Source of infection
- Dz characteristics
Rhodococcus equi (gram + cocci/coccobacilli)
- Soil/dust + multiplies in dung
- Pyogranulomatous bronchopneumonia + GI ulceration
Rattles VFs (4)
Polysaccharide capsule = ↓ phagocytosis
VapA gene > virulence associated protein = ↓ phagosome function
Facultative intracellular parasite (in alveolar MPS/PMNs)
No toxin
Rattles
- Susceptible animals
- Pathogenesis
- Tx
- Immunity
Young foals w waning maternal Ab
Infection via inhalation/ingestion > granulomatous abscess > suppuration/abscessation in bronchial LNs > cough/rattles > exhaled in aerosols
Tx = azithromycin
CMI + Ab immunity important
Zoonosis reported
Mycobacterium spp.
- Morphology
- Environment
Gram + rods
Obligate aerobes
Saprophytic or obligate intracellular parasites (RES)
Mycobacterium VFs (5)
Lipid-rich cell wall
Cell wall mycolipids/phospholipids = inhibit phag-lys fusion
Mycolic acid (cell wall) = protects against macroph killing
Tuberculoprotein = delayed type HS response
No toxin
Host factors in Mycobacterium infection (3)
Intracellular parasites TF CMI (macroph)
Breed-related susceptibility (Jersey > SE Asian)
Stress (calving, heavy lactation) > dz/shedding
Environmental factors of Mycobacterium (2)
Carrier animals = reservoir of infection
Resistant in environment (drying, pH)
Bovine tuberculosis
- Dz characteristics
Mycobacterium bovis
- Chronic granulomatous lesions of lung/GIT/other organs
- Tubercles are encapsulated + calcified > stress = shedding
Bovine TB infection route + resulting disease
Ingestion > GIT > mesenteric LNs > liver, lungs
Inhalation > alveolar macroph > lung lesions > local LN > lymphatics/blood > other organs
Bovine TB epidemiology
Extensive systems = inhalation > pulmonary TB
Intensive systems = ingestion > GI TB
Contaminated environment
Wildlife reservoirs (possums, pigs)
Eradicated from Aus
Is Mycobacterium bovis zoonotic?
Yes - cervical adenitis in children from drinking unpasteurised milk
Bovine TB tx
Macrolide AB (azithromycin) = gram + aerobes
Johne’s disease
Mycobacterium avium ssp paratuberculosis
Johne’s disease characteristics
JD route of infection
JD transmission
Chronic contagious enteritis (distal SI) of sheep/cattle
Infection early in life > long incubation period (>2y)
Faeco-oral route (ingestion > invasion of ileal mucosa)
Shedding by carrier animals
- High stocking density important
JD clinical signs
JD necropsy signs
Malabsorption > chronic wasting + (pea-soup) diarrhoea
Protein-losing enteropathy > hypoalbuminaemia > bottle jaw + ascites
PM = thickened intestinal mucosa w corrugations
JD parasite factors (3)
Intracellular parasite of macrophages
Depresses Th cell activity
Fe-dependent
JD host factors (3)
Infection early in life > prolonged incubation period
Infection as adult > no disease + shedding (TF reservoir)
Disease precipitated by stress (calving, heavy lactation)
JD environmental factors (3)
JD epidemiology (2)
Stress = climatic conditions/nutritional shortages
Climate = temperate regions
Stocking density = ↑ facilitates transmission
Contaminated environment important (resistant to dessication)
Endemic in Aus (NSW/Vic/SA/Tas)
JD vax
Live vaccine > ↓ clinical disease but doesn’t affect infection rate/shedding
JD zoonosis
Crohn’s disease - no causal link
Avian tuberculosis
Mycobacterium avium ssp avium