Lecture 17 - Escherichia Coli Flashcards
Enterobacteriacea: gram
negative
Enterobacteriacea: morphology
rods
Enterobacteriacea: catalase
positive
Enterobacteriacea: oxidase
negative
E. Coli: fermentation
Lactose
E. Coli: hemolysis
Beta
What is E. coli commonly responsible for? (very basic answer, think location)
Extraintestinal disease
What is important to know about E. coli that causes enterocolitis?
NOT normal flora
What are the four serotypes in e. coli?
O - H - K - F
E. Coli: O antigen
Somatic - LPS
E. Coli: H antigen
Flagellar - Protein
E. Coli: K antigen
Capsular - polysacchrides
E. Coli: F antigen
Fimbrial - Protein
What is the major E. coli responsible for zoonosis?
E. Coli O157:H7
What does E. coli O157: H7 cause?
Hemorrhagic colitis
Hemolytic uraemic syndrome
What is the usual source of E. coli outbreaks?
Manure + Fecal material of infected cows
What are the two groups of E. coli’s?
Enteric + Extraintestinal
What are the enteric strains of E. coli?
ETEC
AEEC
EAggEC
What does ETEC stand for?
Enterotoxigenic
What does AEEC stand for?
Attaching and Effacing
What does EAggEC stand for?
Enteroaggregative
What are the types of AEEC?
EPEC + STEC
What does EPEC stand for? What are the subtypes?
Enteropathogenic - Atypical and Typical
What does STEC stand for? What are the subtypes?
Shiga-toxin producing - EHEC EnteroHEMOrrhagic
What are the extraintestinal strains of E. Coli?
APEC
SEPEC
UPEC
What does APEC stand for?
Avian Pathogenic
What does SEPEC stand for?
Septicemic pathogenic
What does UPEC stand for?
Uropathogenic
What are the four categories of virulence factors?
Capsular polysaccharides
Endotoxins
Fimbrial attachments
Secreted toxins
What types of toxins are secreted from E. coli?
Enterotoxin
Shigatoxin
Cytotoxic necrotizing factors
What is another name for shigatoxin?
Verotoxin
What is the function of the fimbrial attachments?
Attachment to mucosal + epithelium surfaces
What is another type of adhesion besides fimbrial?
Intimin + EAF + CS31A
What does the attachment of the bacteria cause in the host?
Actin pedestals form the actin rearrangement
What is LPS (endotoxin) made up of?
Lipid A - Polysaccharide + Side chains
What does LPS cause in the body?
Pyrogenic activity
Vascular coagulation
Shock
What does the capsule do in aidding in infection of E. Coli?
Makes the bacteria slippery
Complement + Phagocytes can’t bind
What E. Coli uses Cs31A adhesion?
SEPEC - sepecemtic pathogen
Where is the surface antigen for CS31A found?
Calves
What E. Coli uses EAF?
EPEC - Enteropathogenic
What E. Coli uses Fimbrial adhesions?
EAggEC - AA fimbriae
What E. coli uses Intimin?
AEEC - Attaching and effacing