GRAM NEGATIVE RODS - GIT AND GUT Flashcards

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1
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lactose fermenter

GREEN sheen

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Escherichia coli

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lactose fermenter
UREASE (+)
ESBL

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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comma-shaped
motile
OXIDASE (+)

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Vibrio cholerae

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comma-shaped
microaerophilic
SKIRROW’S AGAR

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Campylobacter jejuni

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comma-shaped

UREASE (+)

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Helicobacter pylori

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LACTOSE FERMENTERS

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KEEC

Klebsiella
Escherichia coli
Enterobacter
Citrobacter

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WATERY DIARRHEA

MONTEZUMA’s REVENGE

TRAVELLER’s DIARRHEA

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EnteroToxigenic E. coli ( ETEC)

heat labile - inc cAMP
heat stable - inc cGMP

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bloody diarrhea, mucus, fever

INVASIVE - hemorrhagic diarrhea but WITHOUT HUS

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EnteroInvasive E. colo (EIEC)

rare

enterotoxin

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hemorrhagic colitis
hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
*microangiopathic hemolysis
*uremia
*thrombocytopenia

children, elderly

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EnteroHemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)/Shiga like toxin (STEC)

O157.H7

shiga like toxin/verotoxins
*(-) mammalian protein synthesis via 60s ribosomal subunit

transmitted via UNDERCOOKED MEAT (burgers etc.)

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10
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watery diarrhea of long duration

INFANTS

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

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EnteroPathogenic E. coli (EPEC)

pediatric, poverty, Pinas

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persistent watery diarrhea in children and patients infected w/ HIV

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EnteroAdherent E. coli (EAEC)

AIDS

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12
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MCC of community acquired UTI

2nd MCC of neonatal meningitis

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Escherichia coli

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For attachment, colonization factor, associated w/ UTI

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E. coli

PILI OR FIMBRIAE

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Associated w/ PNEUMONIA and NEONATAL meningitis

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capsule (K)

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27/M develops severe abdominal cramping and bloody diarrhea. Patient reports consuming rare hamburger days prior to the onset of the symptoms.
This best describes the toxin-mediated mechanism of this disease process

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(-) of 60s ribosomal subunit – decreased protein synthesis in GI mucosal cells

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2nd MCC of gram (-) sepsis

PINK MUCOID COLONIES

Friedlander’s pneumonia

  • fever, cough (productive), dyspnea
  • thick and bloody sputum - CURRANT JELLY SPUTUM
A

Klebsiella pneumoniae

ALCOHOLICS

BULGING FISSURE SIGN

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Vibrio cholera is cultured on

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Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salts (TCBS) agar

SHOOTING STAR MOTILITY

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Vibrio cholerae

water,food

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GASTROENTERITIS

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Vibrio parahaemolyticus

shellfish, seawater

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gastroenteritis, wound infection, bacteremia

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V. vulnificus

shellfish, seawater

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bacteremia, wound infection, cellulitis

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Pathogenesis (Cholera)

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ENTEROTOXIN (CHOLERAGEN)

  • increased ADP ribosylation
  • increased adenylate cyclase activity
  • increased cAMP
  • loss of water and electrolytes
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MC presentation of cholera

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ASYMPTOMATIC

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Watery diarrhea in large volumes (RICE WATER STOOLS)

sunken eyes, dry mouth, cold clammy skin, decreased skin turgor or wrinkled hands and feet (washerwoman hands)

A

Cholera

COMPLICATIONS

  • cardiac and renal failure
  • non gap acidosis
  • hypokalemia
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Associated w/ H. pylori

A

gastritis
GASTRIC CANCER
gastric/duodenal ulcers

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Pathogenesis of H. pylori

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damages GOBLET CELLS of the gastric mucosa

production of large amt of AMMONIA from urea by organisms urease

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Management of H. pylori

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Amoxicillin
Clarithromycin
Metronidazole
Tetracycline
Bismuth compounds
27
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MCC of duodenal ulcers and chronic gastritis

2nd leading cause of gastric ulcer

A

Helicobacter pylori

ASSOCIATIONS:
gastric carcinoma
MALT lymphoma

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Types of PUD

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TYPE I - body or antrum

TYPE 2 - antrum and duodenum

TYPE 3 - prepyloric

TYPE 4 - cardia

TYPE 5 - associated w/ NSAIDS; anywhere

29
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MCC of bacterial gastroenteritis

Causes REACTIVE ARTHRITIS - can’t pee, cant’see, can’t climb a tree

Causes ASCENDING PARALYSIS and GUILLAIN BARRE

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Campylobacter jejuni

undercooked chicken and meat

30
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Antigenic cross-reactivity b/w oligosaccharides in bacterial capsule and glycosphingolipids on surface of neural tissues

A

Guillain Barre syndrome

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5 As pf Klebsiella

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Aspiration pneumonia
Abscess in lungs and liver
Alcoholics
DiAbetics
CurrAnt jelly sputum
32
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20 y/o college student
(+) dysuria, frequency and urgency
sexually active

urinalysis: polymorphonuclear cells

A

E. coli

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55 y/o homeless man
(+) alcoholism
severe multilobar pneumonia

Gram stain : numerous PMN leukocytes
and gram (-) w/ capsule

lactose fermenter
very mucoid

non motile
lysine decarboxylase (+)
A

Klebsiella pneumoniae

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HIV positive man
developed acute watery diarrhea and abdominal pain w/o fever

3 days later – persistent of symptoms
(+) weight loss

A. enteroinvasive E. coli
B. Salmonella typhi
C. enteropathogenic E. coli
D. Shigella flexneri
E. Enteroaggregative E. coli
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E. Enteroaggregative E. coli

35
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Heat Labile toxin of ETEC acts by

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activation of adenyl cyclase