I. ENTEROBACTERIACEAE Flashcards

1
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gram negative
non spore
f. anaerobic bacilli
reduces nitrate to nitrite
ferments glucose

present in intestinal tract as commensal flora

A

enterobacteriaceae

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enterobacteriaceae are usually present as commensal flora except for

OVERT OR TRUE PATHOGENS

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yersinia, shigella, salmonella

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enterobacteriaceae are large smooth gray colonies, non encapsulated except

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klebsiella, enterobacter

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enterobacteriaceae are non hemolytic except for –

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E. coli (b-hemolytic)

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all enterobacteriaceae are motile with peritrichous flagella except –

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klebsiella, shigella, yersinia

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may grow at low temp 1-5c

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serratia, yersinia

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7
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extended spectrum b lactamase producing enterobacteria

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EKK, e.coli, k. pneu, k. oxy

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isolated from urinary tract and cause bacteremia

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EPK, e. coli, p.mirabilis, k. pneu

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9
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antibiotic resistant genera

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SEC, serratia, enterobacter, citro

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10
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assoc with diarrhea

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yersinia, e.coli, shigella, salmonella

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antigen determinants

heat stable; cell wall for e.coli and shigella

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somatic o

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antigen determinants

heat labile; flagellum for salmonella

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flagellar h

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13
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antigen determinants

heat labile; covers o antigen

found as k1- e. coli
found as Vi- s. enterica

A

capsular k

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14
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infection:

neonatal sepsis

A

e. coli

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15
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infection:

dysentery

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shigella

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16
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infection:

plague

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y. pestis

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17
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infection:

wounds contaminated with soil and vegatation

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erwinia

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18
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infection:

meningitis

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e.coli, edwardsiella

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19
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infection:

enteric fever

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edwardsiella, salmonella

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20
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infection:

mesenteric adenitis

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y. pseudotuberculosis, entero

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21
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colon bacillus
inhabits normal bowel flora and female genital tract
invades enterocytes lining of the large intestine

marker of fecal contamination in water purification
leading cause of nosocomial infection- UTI

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e. coli

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22
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flat dry with pink colonies: mc conkey
greenish metallic sheen: EMB

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e. coli

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23
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antigenic determinants: O,H,K
VF: endotoxin, common pilli, intimin, k1 antigen. sex pili and adhesive fimbriae

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e.coli

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24
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VF that causes neonatal meningitis in e. coli

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k1 antigen

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25
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formerly called as e.coli atypical or enteric group 2
isolated from CSF, wounds and blood
culture: yellow-pigmented colonies

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e. hermanii

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26
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infection:

infantile diarrhea stool wo blood

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enteropathogenic E. coli EPEC

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27
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infection:

traveler’s diarrhea

BAP

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`enterotoxigenic E. coli ETEC

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28
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infection:

montezumas’s revenge

BAP

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`enterotoxigenic E. coli ETEC

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29
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infection:

dysentery like-shigella like infx
watery diarrhea with WBCs

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enterinvasive E.coli EIEC

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30
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infection:

hemorrhagic colitis
hemolytic uremic syndrome

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enterohemorrhagic e.coli EHEC

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31
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infection:

watery diarrhea

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enteroadherent e.coli EAEC

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32
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infection:

UTI

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enteroadherent e.coli EAEC
diffusely adherent e.coli DAEC

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33
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adheres to Hep2 cells forming clumps of bacteria ‘stacked brick appearance’

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enteroadherent e.coli EAEC

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34
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most common cause of UTIs in human

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uropathogenic e.coli

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35
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determines the organim’s ability to produce keratoconjuctivitis in guinea pig, virulence test for shigella and EIEC

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sereny test

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36
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most common cause of UTIs in human

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uropathogenic e.coli

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37
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production of cGMP

A

ST

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38
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production cAMP

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LT

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39
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phage encoded cytotoxin identical to the shiga toxon produced by s.dysenteriae

produces damage to vero cells (african green monkey)

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veratoxin I

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40
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e.coli strains that produce verotoxins are also called as -

A

STEC shiga toxigenic e.coli

41
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friedlander’s bacillus
bacillus capsulatus

A

klebsiella pneu subsp pneu

42
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CA of community acquired pneumonia
currant jelly like sputum

LOWER respiratory tract infx

A

k. pneu subsp pneu

43
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CA of chronic atrophic rhinitis
foul smelling rhinitis

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k.pneu subsp ozanae

44
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CA of granuloma of nose and osopharynx

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k.pneu subsp rhicoscleromatis

45
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all + except for indole, gelatin

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k pneu pneu

46
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all - except for lysine

A

k pneu oza

47
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all + except for gelatin

A

k pneu oxy

48
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resembles klebsiella when gwoing on mac conkey

A

enterobacter

49
Q

formerly known as e. taylorae
isolated with osteomyelitis following traumatic wounds

A

enterobacter cancerogenus

50
Q

formerly known as enterobacter agglomerans

from POWDERED INFANT formula

A

chronobacter sakazakil

51
Q

formely known as enterobacter agglomerans

from CONTAMINATED IV FLUIDS

triple decarboxylase negative

A

pantoea agglomerans

52
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serratia

musty pungent odor potato like

A

s. odorifera

53
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most clinically significant in serratia species

bacteremic outbreaks in nurseries, burn units, cardiac surgery

epidemic of SEPTIC ARTHRITIS

A

s. marcescens

54
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causes osteomyelitis following a motorcycle accident

A

s. plymuthica

55
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has a delayed citrate reaction

A

hafnia

56
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hafnia that grows in beer wort of breweries

A

h. alvei biotype 1

57
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can cause acute glomerular nephritis

a rapid urease producer=renal stone formation

A

proteus

most common isol: p. mirabilis

58
Q

swarming phenomenon
burnt chocolate/burnt gun powder odor

A

proteus

59
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nosocomial outbreaks in burn units

A

providencia stuartil

60
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same biochemical reaction with P. vulgaris except citrate -

A

morganella

61
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isolated from cold blooded and warm blooded animals

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edwardsiella

62
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plant pathogen

A

erwinia

63
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resmbles e.coli on mac conkey

biochemically resembling salmonella

A

citrobacter

64
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causes false + agglutination test with salmonella

A

citrobacter

65
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endocarditis with IV drug users

A

citrobacter freundii

66
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produces type 1 cephalosporinase

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citrobacter freundii

67
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nursery outbreak of neonatal meningitis

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citrobacter koseri

68
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formerly known as c.diversus

A

c. koseri

69
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most serious pathogenic enterobacteria causing

enteric fever, typhoid, gastroenteritis (food poisoning)

can be carried by human carriers

found in cold blooded animals as well as rodents and birds: natural hosts

A

salmonella

70
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VF: fimbriae and enterotoxin

somatic o and flagellar H antigen, Vi antigen

A

salmonella

71
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CA of enteric fever

A

S. serotype typhi

72
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CA of parathypoid fever

A

s. serotype paratyphi a,b,c
s serotype choleraesuis

73
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salmonella

all are motile except

A

s. pullorum, s. gallinarum

74
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salmonella

all produces gas except for

A

s. gallinarum, s. typhi

75
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salmonella found in lizards and other cold blooded animals

A

s. bongori

76
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most common form of food poisoning
mostly caused by s. enterica subsp enterica

A

gastroenteritis

77
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CA peanut butter outbreaks

A

s. typhimurium

78
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also known as typhoid fever caused by s. typhi

MOT: transmission thru fomites is possible, ingestion of contaminated food and water, human carriers

A

enteric fever

79
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characteristics: ROSE SPOTS- 2nd week of fever

complications: stays/harbor GALLBLADDER causing necrosis

A

enteric fever

80
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necrotizing cholecystitis
PEYER’s patches

A

enteric fever

81
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CA of enteric fever

resistant to gastric acids

A

S. typhi

82
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specimen for salmonella:

1st week of infx

A

blood

83
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specimen for salmonella:

2nd week of infx

A

stool

84
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specimen for salmonella:

3rd week of infx

A

urine

85
Q

intracellular organism multiply within the cells of colon

transmitted by 4Fs
flies, fingers, food, feces

somatic O antigen
spx: rectal swab

A

shigella

86
Q

most virulent shigella

A

s. dysenteriae

87
Q

CA of gay bowel syndrome

A

shigella flexneri

88
Q

CA of bacillary dysentery

A

s. dysenteriae type 1

89
Q

acute inflammatory colitis, bloody diarrhea (WBCs in tool)

caused: improper sanitary conditions-poor personal hygiene

highly communicable

symptoms: tenesmus

complications: ileus-obstruction of the intestine

A

bacillary dysentery

90
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plague bacillus
class a bioterrorism agent

CA of bubonic plague/ black death

A

yersinia pestis

91
Q

MOT: bite of xenopsylla cheopis

has the ability to survive and multiply inside phagocytes

A

yersinia pestis

92
Q

closed safety pin appearance

stalactile pattern

A

y. pestis

93
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plague: transmitted by fleas/rats/rodents which multiply in BLOOD and LYMPHS

– inflammatory swelling of axilla and groin buboes
results from infected flea

A

bubonic plague

94
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plague: transmitted by fleas/rats/rodents which multiply in BLOOD and LYMPHS

– acquired by close contact with victims, secondary to bubonic plague

A

pulmonary plague

95
Q

CA of enterocolitis
survive in cold temperature (food refrigeration)
contaminated packed RBCs

requires cold enrichment technique

BULLS EYE COLONIES

A

yersinia enterocolitoca

96
Q

only oxidase + member of the enterobacteriaceae

A

plesiomonas shiggeloides

97
Q

found in freshawater- warmer climates

APRON like colonies

ingestion of uncooked oysters, dlamps, shrimps

A

plesiomonas shigelloides

98
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A