Gram Negative Rods - GIT And GUT Flashcards
Lactose fermenters
MacConKEE
Citrobacter - slow
fast
Klebsiella
E coli
Enterobacter
GN rods
Lactose fermenting on EMB or Mac Conkey’s agar
Metallic green sheen on EMB
Acid slant and acid butt with gas on TSI but not H2S
E coli
GN rods
Typing by O and H antigen
E coli
Virulence factors of E coli
Pili
K capsule
H flagellum
O endotoxin
HST and HLT exotoxins cause watery diarrhea
Verotoxin (shiga like) causes bloody diarrhea
Most common cause of community acquired UTI
E coli
Neonatal meningitis
BEL
B group streptococci
E coli
Listeria
What kind of E coli would cause the following symptoms?
Watery diarrhea
Enterotoxigenic E coli
Montezuma’s revenge
Traveller’s diarrhea
Delhi belly
What kind of E coli would cause the following symptoms?
Watery diarrhea of long duration in Pediatric population of developing countries (Phil)
EnteroPathogenic E coli
What kind of E coli would cause the following symptoms?
Bloody diarrhea
Hemorrhagic colitis
Hemorrhagic uremic syndrome (microangiopathic hemolytic anemia)
Enterohemorrhagic E coli
0157:H7
What kind of E coli would cause the following symptoms?
Bloody diarrhea
Enteroinvasive E coli
What kind of E coli would cause the following symptoms?
Persistent watery diarrhea in patients with AIDS
EnteroAdherent E coli
DOC for UTI by E coli
Ampicillin or Sulfonamides
DOC for meningitis by E coli
3 gen cephalosporins
GN rods
Lactose fermenting on EMB and Mac Conkey’s agar
Urease positive
Klebsiella pneumoniae
GN rods
Large polysaccharide capsule causing MUCOID CLEARING
Klebsiella
GN rods
ESBL activity in drug resistant chains
Klebsiella
Thick bloody or currant jelly sputum
Nosocomial
Most common in alcoholics
Necrotizing pneumonia
Klebsiella
DOC for Klebsiella
Cephalosporins +/- aminoglycosides
GN rods
Comma shaped
TCBS agar
Oxidase positive
Vibrio
Shooting star motility
Vibrio
Vibrio in
Human colon
Saltwater
V cholerae
V parahaemolyticus and V vulnificus
Virulence factors of Vibrio
Enterotoxin choleragen
Mucinase for attachment
Pandemics caused by this Vibrio strain
Vibrio cholerae 01 biotype El Tor
ADP ribosylation
Activates Gs
Activates Gi
Choleragen of Vibrio
Pertussis toxin
Rice water stools
Cholera
V cholera
Explosive onset of watery diarrhea and nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, HA and low grade fever
Self limited
Gastroenteritis
V parahaemolyticus and V vulnificus
Wound infections after exposure to contaminated water
V parahaemolyticus and V vulnificus
DOC for V cholera
Tetracycline or azithromycin
DOC for V parahaemolyticus and V vulnificus
Minocycline + fluoroquinolone or cefotaxime
GN rods Comma shaped Oxidase positive Catalase positive Growth on 42C on Skirrow's agar
Campylobacter jejuni
Most common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis
No invasion of colonic mucosa
C jejuni
Watery foul smelling diarrhea followed by bloody stools accompanied by fever and severe abdominal pain
UNDERCOOKED CHICKEN
C jejuni