Klebsiella, Proteus, Edwardsiella, and Yersinia

Question 1

Klebsiella morphology

Answer 1

Lactose fermenting
Motile
**Mucoid colonies= capsule
Opportunistic pathogen

Question 2

Symptoms of Klebsiella infection in mares

Answer 2

Infertility

Question 3

Symptoms of Klebsiella infection in cows

Answer 3

Mastitis

Question 4

Symptoms of Klebsiella infection in dogs

Answer 4

UTIs

Question 5

Symptoms of Klebsiella infection in reptiles

Answer 5

Wound infections

Question 6

Most important Klebsiella virulence factor

Answer 6

Urease- urea stones

Question 7

Proteus species morphology

Answer 7

Very very motile- swarms
Don’t ferment lactose
Produce urease

Question 8

Protease disease symptoms

Answer 8

UTIs and ear infections in dogs and cats and sometimes diarrhea
And cause struvite stones because of the urease increasing pH

Question 9

Edwardsiella infects what and does what

Answer 9

Infects fish and causes hemorrhagic septicemia, bruising

Question 10

What temperature does Edwardsiella grow at

Answer 10

Room temp but **can adapt to host temps

Question 11

What does Yersinia pestis cause

Answer 11

Plague- bubonic (swelling of lymph nodes near bite) and pneumonic (cough, ocular and nasal discharge)

Question 12

What does Yersinia enterocolitica And Yersinia pseudotuberculosis cause

Answer 12

Gastroenteritis, pseudoappendicitis in humans and sometimes septicemia (immunocompromised) and reactive arthritis and carditis after

Question 13

What does Yersinia Rucker’s cause

Answer 13

Red mouth disease in fish

Question 14

How is Plague transmitted

Answer 14

Bites from fleas

Question 15

Where is plague in USA

Answer 15

Ground rodents in western USA and humans can get from petting the rodents or fleas jumping on them

Question 16

Feline plague and is it zoonotic

Answer 16

Cats eat infected rodent, results in abscesses in lymph nodes and is zoonotic