Gram negative bacteria Flashcards
Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonococcus)
coffee bean diplococci Aerobic to facultative anaerobic Oxidase + (glucose) Fimbriae for attachment, LPS endotoxin, extracellular protease to disable IgA urethritis, PID, conjunctivitis in neonates Culture on Thayer-Martin VCN lysed RBC media, urethral exudate with gram - diplococci
Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus)
coffee bean diplococci Aerobic to facultative anaerobic Oxidase + (glucose + maltose) antiphagocytic capsule, pili for attachment, LPS meningococcal endotoxin, IgA1 protease Headaches, petechial rash, meningitis, Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (adrenal hemorrhage due to sepsis) Culture on Thayer-Martin VCN lysed RBC media, PCR
Moraxella catarrhalis
diplococcus Aerobic to facultative anaerobic Oxidase + Resistant to beta-lactams Common cold, otitis media, sinusitis Culture
Moraxella lacunata
diplococcus Aerobic to facultative anaerobic Oxidase + Catarrhal conjunctivitis
Kingella kingae
diplococcus Aerobic to facultative anaerobic Oxidase + Pediatric septic arthritis and osteomyelitis. Adult endocarditis, meningitis, pneumonias
Escherichia coli
Bacilli Facultative anaerobe Oxidase - ferment lactose K1 antigen resists phagocytosis and compliment Urethrocystitis, diarrhea, neonatal meningitis Culture, motile
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Bacilli Facultative anaerobe Oxidase - ferment lactose Encapsulated Most common cause of nosocomial respiratory tract infection, Capsular 1&2 - bacterial pneumonia, others with UTI, red currant jelly sputum Culture, PCR
Klebsiella oxytoca
Bacilli Facultative anaerobe Oxidase - ferment lactose Encapsulated Colitis and sepsis Culture, PCR
Klebsiella granulomatis
Bacilli Facultative anaerobe Oxidase - ferment lactose Encapsulated painless genital ulcers, granuloma inguinale (donovanosis) Culture, PCR
Enterobacter cloacae
Rods Facultative anaerobe Ferment lactose inducible beta-lactamase Nosocomial, lower respiratory tract infection, urinary tract infections, intra-abdominal infections Culture
Enterobacter aerogenes
Rods Facultative anaerobe Ferment lactose inducible beta-lactamase nosocomial Culture, motile
Serratia marcescens
Rods Facultative anaerobe Oxidase - Prodigisin gives red pigment Hospital acquired infections Motile
Proteus mirabilis
Bacilli Facultative anaerobe non-lactose fermenting Swarming motility, urease (alkalinizes urine), fimbriae adherence Struvite stones, UTI, wound infections Culture, motile
Proteus vulgaris and penneri
Bacilli Facultative anaerobe non-lactose fermenting UTI, wound infections Culture, motile
Shigella dysenteriae
Rods Facultative anaerobe non-lactose fermenting, no H2S Heat stable endotoxin, Shiga toxin (A subunit inhibits 60S ribosome) Cramps, watery/bloody diarrhea (food contaminated with feces) - give supportive care Cultures
Salmonella enterica enterica serovar Enteritidis
Bacilli Facultative intracellular parasite Produces H2S Vi (capsular antigen), activate adenylate cyclase (diarrhea) Watery diarrhea after a 1-3 day incubation - give supportive care Cultures, PCR, motile
Salmonella enterica enterica serovar Typhi
Bacilli Facultative intracellular parasite Produces H2S Reservoir in gallbladder, mimic appendicitis typhoid fever after 10-14 days of incubation - give supportive care Cultures, PCR, motile
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Rods Aerobic Oxidase +, nonfermentative Alginate slime biofilm, green pigment, Exotoxin A (inhibits EF-2 like diphtheria toxin), Exoenzyme S Opportunistic pathogen, bacterial vasculitis, ecthyma gangrenosum, hot tub folliculitis, watch for it in people with cystic fibrosis (becomes antibiotic resistant) Culture (also look for fruity grape odor), motile
Burkholderia cepacia
Rods Aerobic Oxidase + Pulmonary infections in people with cystic fibrosis Culture, motile
Burkholderia pseudomallei
Rods Aerobic Oxidase + Pneumonia and skin infections (can be weaponized) Culture, motile
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Rods Aerobic Oxidase +/- inducible metallo-beta-lactamases nosocomial pneumonia Culture, motile
Legionella pneumonphila
Bacilli Aerobic Catalase +, Oxidase + ubiquitous aquatic (live in showers or AC), hemolysins, intracellular pathogen Legionnaires’ disease, Pontiac fever BCYE agar, motile
Fusobacterium necrophorum
Fusiform bacilli Anaerobic Lives in dental regions, tonsils, hemagglutinin (coagulant) Peritonsillar abscesses, Lemierre syndrome (septic thrombophlebitis of internal jugular vein) Anaerobic cultures, PCR
Vibrio cholerae
curved rods with single flagellum Oxidase +, ferments glucose Enterotoxin choleragen which increases cAMP production Rice water stool - give supportive care Rice water stool present, vibrate