LECT | ENTEROBACTERIACEAE Flashcards
- Gram negative bacilli and coccobacilli
- Oxidase negative
- Glucose fermenter
- Reduce nitrate to nitrite
- Motile at body temperatures
Enterobacteriacaea
members of Enterobacteriacaea family produce large, moist, gray colonies on what media
nonselective media
- Gram negative bacilli and coccobacilli
- Oxidase negative
- Glucose fermenter
- Reduce nitrate to nitrite
Enterobacteriacaea general characteristics
Enterobacteriaceae reside in
- gastrointestinal
- microbiota if confined to their natural environment (Salmonella, Shigella, and Yersinia)
Enterobacteriaceae may be divided into two broad categories:
- opportunistic pathogens
- primary pathogens.
often a part of the usual intestinal microbiota of both humans and animals
opportunistic pathogens
bacterias under UTI
- E. coli
- Proteus mirabilis
- Klebsiella penumoniae
bacterias under PNEUMONIA
Klebsiella pneumoniae
bacterias under BACTEREMIAS
- E. coli
- Proteus mirabilis
- Kiebsiella pneumoniae
bacterias under HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS
(Antiobiotic resistant genera)
- Citrobacter
- Enterobacter
- Serratia
bacterias under DIARRHEA
- Shigella spp.
- Salmonella spp.
- E,coli
(enterohemorrhagic [Shiga toxin
producing] enterotoxigenic, enteroinvasive, enteropathogenic, enteroadherent - Yersinia spp.
somatic antigen; — this is a heat- stable antigen located on the cell wall
O antigen
flagellar antigen; this is a heat- labile antigen found on the surface of flagella, structures responsible for motility
H antigen
capsular antigen; this is a heat- labile polysaccharide found only in certain encapsulated species
K antigen
capsular antigen of E coli
K1 antigen
capsular antigen of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serotype Typhi
Vi antigen
Leading cause of community acquired urinary tract infections
E. coli
Primary marker of E. coli
fecal contamination in water quality testing
Major cause of E. coli-associated community- acquired urinary tract infections
Major cause of E. coli-associated community- acquired urinary tract infections
E. coli strains that cause UTIs usually originate in the
large intestine as resident biota
E. coli strains that cause acute pyelonephritishave been shown to be the
dominant resident E. coli in the colon.
primary virulence factor (ability of E. coli to cause UTIs)
production of pili
pili allows uropathogenic strains to
adhere to epithelial cells and not be washed out with urine flow
other virulence factors contributing to the of uropathogenic E. coli characterized as hemolysins
Cytolysins
hemolysins; kill immune effector cells and inhibit phagocytosis and chemotaxis of certain white blood cells.
Cytolysins
allows the bacterial cell to chelate iron; free iron is generally unavailable within the host for use by bacteria.
Aerobactin
- Neonatal meningitis
- Test positive for the K1 antigen
Meninges/sepsis associated-E coli (MNEC)
Meninges/sepsis associated-E coli (MNEC) spread to the meninges from a blood infection and gain access to the (?), VIA (?)
central nervous system | via membrane-bound vacuoles
once Meninges/sepsis associated-E coli (MNEC) is inside the cell, it prevents
lysosomal fusion and gain access to the central nervous system.
five major categories of diarrheagenic E. coli:
- enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)
- enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC)
- enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC)
- enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC)
- enteroadherent Escherichia coli (EAEC)
- produces a heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) and a heat-stable enterotoxin (ST)
- associated with cases of traveler’s diarrhea.
enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)
mild, watery diarrhea; no blood nor leukocytes and abdominal cramping. usually with no vomiting or fever
traveler’s diarrhea