Lecture 34 - Exotoxins and endotoxins Flashcards
spores have what characteristics
a. divide quickly
b. highly resistant
c. surround bacterium
d. mostly in gram-negative
b. highly resistant
streaming NUCLEAR material is most commonly an antimicrobial product of which innate immune cell?
Neutrophil
exotoxins
secreted
gram +
lipoteichoic acid
gram + cell wall
endotoxins
= lipopolysaccharide
gram -
what are four bacterial toxin mechanisms
- cell lysis
- pore formation
- inhibition of protein synthesis
- hyperactivation
describe clostridial diseases
- gram +, spore-forming, anaerobic
- can be enterotoxic, histotoxic, or neurotoxic
C. perfringens
- enterotoxin
- present intestinally in all animals, disease is due to shift in environment
- cannot diagnose by culture, need PCR of toxin
what is type A enterotoxin
most common
hemorrhagic or necrotizing GI
what is type D enterotoxin
damage to vessels resulting in fluid loss, edema, pulpy kidney disease, etc.
C. difficile
fatal diarrheal disease following broad-spectrum antibiotic tx
C. piliforme
hepatic necrosis by stress/immunosuppression
C. septicum
malignant edema/gas gangrene
what is the basic pattern of activated spore clostridia
- ingestion
- migration to tissues
- trauma causes an anaerobic environment
- Disease!!!
C. chauveoi
Blackleg
spores from intestine
C. haemolyticum
Bacillary hemoglobinuria
ingestion to the liver
C. novyi
black disease
ingestion to the liver and vascular damage