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Haemophilus and Other Fastidious Flashcards

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Pasteurellaceae (Pasteurella and Haemophilus)

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  • gram-negative coccobacilli
  • non-motile, aerobic to facultative
  • reduce nitrate to nitrite
  • oxidase + and catalase +
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  • obligate parasites of mucous membranes
  • require X and V factor
  • grow on chocolate agar
  • part of normal flora of upper respiratory tract
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Haemophilus

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Haemophilus means _______

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blood loving

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X factor

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hemin (hematin)

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V factor

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nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide (NAD)

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only require V factor

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para- Haemophilus species

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Hemolysis on 5% horse or rabbit blood agar

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  • H. hemolyticus and H. ducreyi

- can’t use SBA because it doesn’t have V factor

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Growth patterns

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  • satellitism around S. aureus (and species that release V factor)
  • exceptions: H. aphrophilus and H. ducreyi
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H. influenzae

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  • often a secondary infection (was in a pandemic)

- can test for beta-lactamase

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H. influenzae (virulence factors)

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  • capsule (A-F types)
  • IgA protease
  • outer membrane proteins and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)
  • adherence (pili)
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H. influenzae capsule

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  • antiphagocytic molecules (ribose, ribitol, and phosphate)

- nontypable strains cause localized infections (pneumonia, otitis media, sinusitis)

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Haemophilus influenzae serotype b (Hib)

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  • primarily in children
  • bacteremia can spread to tissues
  • # 1 cause of meningitis in unvaccinated children
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Clinical disease of Hib

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  • meningitis (children under 6)
  • epiglottitis (can cause airway obstruction)
  • bacterial tracheitis
  • cellulitis, pharyngitis, pneumonia
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Non-encapsulated H. influenzae (diseases)

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otitis media, bronchitis, sinusitis, pneumonia

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H. aegyptius is the causative agent of _________

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pinkeye (conjunctivitis)

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H. aegyptius (clinical infections)

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  • conjunctivitis

- Brazilian purpuric fever (BPF): has a high mortality rate

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H. ducreyi

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  • sexually transmitted infection
  • chancroid (soft chancre)
  • incubation up to 14 days
  • painful legion, enlarged lymph nodes, buboes
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H. parainfluenzae (clinical infections)

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endocarditis

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H. aphrophilus/Aggregatibacter aphrophilus (clinical infections)

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bite wound infections, endocarditis

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Culturing Haemophilus

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  • must plate immediately, they die rapidly
  • BAP for those that don’t require V factor
  • DON’T GROW ON MAC
  • transluscent, moist, smooth colonies
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Culturing H. influenzae

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chocolate agar with bacitracin (to inhibit other respiratory flora)

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Culturing H. ducreyi

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  • extremely fastidious (7 days to grow)

- “school of fish” morphology on gram stain

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Lab ID of Haemophilus

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  • place colonies in nutrient broth, then streak Mueller-Hinton agar plate, use X and V strips and incubate
  • Quad plate to ID factors needed (X, V, X & V, horse blood)
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Porphyrin test

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  • differentiates species that require X factor
  • Positive: organism converts delta-aminolevulinic acid to porphyrin (intermediate of X factor)
  • positive result means organism doesn’t need X factor
  • positive result on Wood lamp fluoresces
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H. influenzae negative identification

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  • from respiratory or CSF specimen
  • gram-neg. bacilli that have colonies >1mm on chocolate
  • no growth on SBA, except satellitism
  • negative porphyrin
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Haemophilus that require both X and V factors

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H. influenzae, H. ageyptius, H. hemolyticus

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Haemophilus that requires only X factor

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H. ducreyi

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HACEK

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  • Haemophilus (Aggregatibacter aphrophilus)
  • Actinobacillus/Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
  • Cardiobacterium hominis
  • Eikenella corrodens
  • Kingella species
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HACEK (general characteristics)

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  • none grow on Mac
  • requires CO2 for growth
  • usual flora of oral cavity (human bite wounds)
  • significant cause of endocarditis
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  • requires V factor

- associated with dental plaque

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A. aphrophilus

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  • animal pathogen usually; gram-negative coccobacilli
  • distinctive star in center of colony
  • normal oral flora (causes peridontitis)
  • catalase +, oxidase variable
  • urease, indole, esculin, citrate -
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Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

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  • non-motile, sometimes gram variable
  • “rosette” morphology
  • normal flora of nose, mouth and throat
  • may cause pitting on agar plates
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Cardiobacterium hominis

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Cardiobacterium hominis

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  • infects aortic valve

- causes endocarditis

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  • capnophilic, requires X factor
  • bleach-like odor
  • pitting in the agar
  • no growth on Mac or EMB
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Eikenella corrodens

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Eikenella (clinical infections)

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  • “clenched fist” bacteria (human bite/fight wounds)
  • pneumonia, meningitis, osteomyelitis, arthritis
  • cellulitis (when needles are licked clean - drug users)
  • endocarditis (least of HACEK group)
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  • non-motile, but may twitch
  • oxidase +, catalase -
  • found in upper respiratory tract
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Kingella species

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Kingella kingae

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  • grows on MTM, resembles gonhorrea
  • may pit on agar
  • catalase -, oxidase -
  • affects bones and joints of children
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Kingella dentrificans

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  • catalase -, superoxol -

- differentiates it from Neisseria

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Capnocytophaga

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  • resemble HACEK
  • gram-negative, fusiform, capnophilic
  • have gliding motility
  • dental problems, septicemia (if gets into blood)
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Pasteurella multocida

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  • five serogroups (A-F)
  • bipolar staining (safety-pin appearance)
  • grow on BAP and Chocolate, no growth on MAC
  • zoonosis (dog or cat bites/scratches)
  • non-motile, catalase +, oxidase +
  • weak acid production
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Brucella

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  • strict aerobes, non-spore forming, non-encapsulated
  • fine sand morphology (Brucella melitensis)
  • oxidase +, catalase +, H2S production, UREASE +
  • blood and bone marrow specimens typically
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Brucella (clinical infections)

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  • Brucellosis and UNDULANT FEVER (long infection)
  • systemic infection with multi-organ involvement
  • zoonotic (animal contact, animal products)
  • infection via penetration of ocular or oral mucosa
  • lab-acquired infection
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undulant fever

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fever recurring at regular intervals

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Francisella

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  • require CYSTEINE for growth, grow on CAP, MTM, BCYE
  • strict aerobes, don’t grow on MAC, SBA
  • zoonotic infections
  • category A select agent
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organism that cause zoonotic infection

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Pasteurella multocida, Brucella, Francisella

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F. tularensis

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  • type A
  • transmitted by rabbits, sheep, ticks
  • rabbit fever
  • tularemia
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Other Francisella species

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F. holarctica (type B), F. mediasiatica, F. novocida

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Legionella

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  • acquired through inhalation (not zoonotic)
  • isolation on special media, identified by serologic testing
  • community-acquried pneumonia, nosocomial infections
  • environmental water sources, air conditioning systems
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L. pneumophilia

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  • primary Legionella pathogen (16 serogroups)
  • virulence: ability to invade and survive in macrophages
  • results from inhalation of aerosols (not person-to-person)
  • Legionnaires’ disease
  • Pontiac fever
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Legionnaires’ disease

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  • epidemic outbreaks usually from air conditioners
  • nosocomial infections (respiratory equipment and aerosol)
  • community-acquired pneumonia
  • cough, fever, headache, myalgia, dissemination via circulatory system
  • can have high mortality rate; hard to ID
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Pontiac fever

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  • inhalation of Legionella
  • no pulmonary involvement
  • mild form of Legionnaires disease
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Legionella sources

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  • aquatic sources
  • air conditioning systems
  • survive at large range of temps
  • adherence to pipes, rubber, plastics
  • can live intracellularly in protozoa
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Legionella specimens

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predominantly respiratory specimens

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Legionella (characteristics)

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  • difficult to ID
  • thin, weakly staining gram-negative rods; small colonies
  • blue-green colonies, ground-glass look
  • found within macrophages and neutrophils
  • aerobic, require Cysteine for growth
  • grow well on BCYE
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Bordetella (major pathogens)

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Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis

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Bordetella (minor pathogen)

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Bordetella bronchiseptica - opportunistic, pneumonia and wound infections

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Bordetella (virulence)

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Pertussis toxin - interferes with signal transduction

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Bordetella (infection)

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  • acquired from breathing in aerosols (adheres to cells)
  • highly contagious, vaccine available
  • causes Whooping cough
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Whooping cough

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  • presents with flu-like symptoms
  • highly contagious
  • severe repetitious coughing
  • can be followed by vomitting
  • serious in young children
  • causes hypoxia
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Culturing Bordetella

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  • specimens from nasopharynx
  • MUST USE calcium alginate or Dacron swab
  • use Regan-Lowe transport medium or Bordet-Gengou potato infusion agar
  • incubates for 7 days
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Bordetella (characteristics)

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  • gram-negative rod
  • obligate aerobe
  • smooth silver pinpoint colonies resembling mercury droplets

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