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Lecture 7 Staphylococcus Flashcards

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What is the major location for S. aureus

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In the nasal cavity

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What are the 3 major Staph that are pathogens and cause most of the disease?

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S. aureus
S. epidermidis
S. saprophyticus

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Major location for S. epidermidis?

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Dry skin or epithelium

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Major location for S. saprophyticus

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Mucosa, Moist epithelium

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Which of the three Staph organisms are Coagulase +?

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S. aureus

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4 main characteristics of S. aureus

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  1. Coagulase +
  2. Protein A, many secreted enzymes and toxins
  3. Frequently Drug Resistant (MRSA)
  4. Involved in many illnesses such as Food poisoning, Toxic Shock etc.
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4 characteristics of S. epidermidis

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  1. No Coagulase
  2. Capsule
  3. Frequently drug resistant
  4. Catheter and prosthetic implant infections
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2 characteristics of S. saprophyticus

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  1. No Coagulase

2. Urinary tract infections in young women

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What is the #2 cause of UTI’s in women?

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S. saprophyticus

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Does S. aureus have a high carrier rate?

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Yes, it is found in 20-30% of general population at any one time. Carrier rate is higher in Hospital Personnel

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Some isolates of S. aureus have become resistant to almost all antibiotics except what?

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Vancomycin

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Name the 6 virulence factors on S. aureus

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  1. Fibrin binding proteins on cell wall that help colonize cells and tissues
  2. Protein A
  3. Many enzymes secreted
  4. Cytolytic toxins
  5. Superantigen exotoxins
  6. Catalase +
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How is catalase a virulence factor for S. aureus

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Catalase is able to convert the H2O2 secreted by PMN’s and allow S. aureus to survive

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What type of toxin is associated with Scalded Skin Syndrome in children

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Exfoliative Toxin

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How do catalytic toxins work?

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They lyse most cells, including host defense cells

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Superantigens (virulence factor) stimulate cytokine production which produces what two illnesses?

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  1. ‘True’ Food poisoning

2. Toxic Shock syndrome

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What is the name of the Superantigen that produces Toxic Shock Syndrome?

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Toxic Shock Syndrome toxin (TSST-1)

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How does Protein A work?

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It binds to the IgG Fc site, this blocks the phagocyte adherence to IgG opsonization

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How does Coagulase work as a virulence factor

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produces local fibrin deposition that can act to wall off the infection

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Difference between secreted coagulase and surface coagulase

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  • Surface coagulase coats the staph cells with host fibrin, hiding bacterial epitopes and camoflaging itself from immune system
  • Secreted coagulase produces local fibrin deposition that acts as a wall around the bacteria and restrict immune system from entering. This often leads to an abcess
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What leads to an abcess?

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When Fibrin is deposited by a bacteria and acts to wall off the bacteria from the body and immune system.

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Name 3 specific spreading factors

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Staphylokinase
Lipase
Hyaluronidase

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4 types of local infection caused by S. aureus

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Local Skin infections
Deep, localized infections
Acute Endocarditis
Pneumonia

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Local skin infections may lead to what?

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Cellulitis and Bacteremia

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2 examples of Local skin infection

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Abscesses (boils, carbuncles)

Impetigo

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3 examples of Deep, localized infections

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Abscesses of the spleen, liver and kidney
Osteomyelitis
Septic Arthritis

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Explain Scalded skin syndrome

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An exfoliative toxin (protease) degrades desmosomes releasing the outer layer of epidermis. Rarely fatal and occurs in small babies

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Explain ‘True’ Food poisoning

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Enterotoxins (superantigen) acting directly or indirectly on the GI tract to induce diarrhea and vomiting. Toxin does the poisoning not the bacteria

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What occurs during the Toxic Shock syndrome

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Superantigen TSST-1 can be released from a focal infection, most commonly next to a mucosal surface. This toxin activates huge numbers of Th cells and macrophages that release cytokines. This massive release of cytokines causes hypovelemic shock, fever, a skin rash with defoliation, diarrhea and vomiting.

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What two bacteria are a common and increasingly dangerous cause of nosocomial and iatrogenic infections

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S. Aureus, S. Epidermidis

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What is a main way in which antibiotic resistant Staph is proliferated?

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They are usually encoded by plasmids that are readily shared between species and strains, even between enteric bacteria and Staph.

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Difference between nosocomial infection and iatrogenic infection

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Nosocomial: Hospital acquired
Iatrogenic: Doctor acquired

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