Lec 8-3 - Enterobacteriaceae Flashcards
typhoid fever is from a type of salmonella enterica with a serotype of blank or blank
typhi, paratyphi
highest incidence is here
india, pakistan, bangladesh
typhoid fever is test by blank not blank
blood culture, serological tests
typhoid fever still persists for like 4 days after blank
antiobiotic treatment
most common shigella in US and most of world
S sonnei
shigella named after reformer in medical education
s flexneri
shigella uncommon except for india
s boydii
shigella species that is the only one producing shiga toxin
s dysenteriae
vibrios are not a type of blank
enterobacteriaceae
characteristics of vibrios
motile, oxidase positive, gram neg, polar flagellae
vibrios are found here
commensals on crustaceans in warm brackish coastal water
vibrios can produce the blank toxin
cholera
cholera toxin results in g protein getting stuck in this position which eventually leads to outflow of ions and water
on position so adenylyl cyclase remains active
blank season helps spread cholera
rainy
these can cause bacteremia, septic shock and flesh eating fasciitis but is usually from underlying liver disease as well and can be in the US
v vulnificus, v alginolyticus