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Lecture 7 - Streptococcus (Dr. Bailey) Flashcards

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Describe Streptococcus species.

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  1. ) Cocci (spherical)
  2. ) Non-spore forming
  3. facultative anaerobes
  4. GRAM POSITIVE
  5. catalase negative
  6. infect humans and animals.
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Is Streptococcus gram negative or gram positive?

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Gram Positive

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How can SC be classified? (3)

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  1. Hemolysis Pattern (alpha, beta, gamma)
    • how they lyse RBC
  2. Lancefield Group (A-U)
    • antibody activity
  3. Species
    • which sugars do they ferment?
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What are the 3 hemolysis patterns?

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Alpha
    -partially lyse RBCs
    -green discoloration
Beta 
    -completely lyse RBCs
     -clear zone
Gamma 
    - no lysing of RBCs
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What are some categories of Beta strep?

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Group A
Group B
“other”

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What are some categories of Alpha-Gamma strep?

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S. pneumoniae
Group D
     -Enterococci
     -S. bovis
"other"
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What are some GROUP A (subcategory of Beta) strep diseases?

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  1. acute pharyngitix (strep throat)
  2. pyoderma (skin/soft tissues)
  3. Group A strep pneumonia
  4. necrotizing fasciitis (gangrene) & myositis
    • “flesh-eating bacteria”
  5. Childbed fever
  6. foodborne outbreaks
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What causes strep throat & scarlet fever?

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Group A Strep (GAS)

S. pyogenes

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What does S. pyogenes do?

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this GAS causes 
primary condition
     strep throat & scarlet fever
     -pus-forming
secondary condition
     Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF)
     -non-pus forming
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What group is enterococci?

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Group D (of the alpha-gamma group)

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What does Acute Rheumatic Fever affect?

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inflammation of heart and joints

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What does ARF follow?

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Acute Pharyngitis

infection @ site of pharynx

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Can you treat ARF w/ antibiotic?

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No. It is caused by a hyper-reactive immune response. The pathogen is gone at this point.

However, treating acute pharyngitis w/ penicillin can prevent ARF.

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How many people get ARF after strep throat?

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10%

and they have to take prophylactic antibiotics for life b/c it recurrs often once you have it.

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What are two conditions that follow a strep infection by S. pyogenes?

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  1. Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF)

2. Acute Post-Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis (APSGN)

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Describe Acute Post-Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis (APSGN)

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  • inflammation of glomeruli of kidneys
  • can’t prevent it w/ penicillin but only caused by a few serotypes of strep
  • can follow pharyngitis OR skin infections
  • recurrent attacks rare
  • leads to renal failure & dialysis if bad
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Activities of Group A infections.

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  1. Encounter
  2. Entry
  3. Spread
  4. Mulitply
  5. Cause Damage
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How do GAS “encounter?”

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  • live on skin & mucous membranes
  • common in kids
  • person to person transmission
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How do GAS “enter?”

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-through BROKEN skin
-bind to FIBRONECTIN of epi cells w/ ADHESINS
-lipoteichoic acid (LTA)
-they have PROTEIN F
-high affinity fibronectin binder
they have M PROTEIN
- KERATINOCYTE (outer skin) binders

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How do GAS “spread?”

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  • localized on skin/mucous membranes
  • rapid spread on deep infections
    • Proteases
      - lyse neutrophils, produce pus
    • hyaluronidase
      - helps spread b/t cells
    • DNases
    • Streptokinase
      - makes PLASMIN, which breaks down FIBRIN
    • Streptolysis S and O
      - hemolysis
    • host cell pore formations
    • chemotaxins
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What does streptokinase do, and what is it?

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Streptokinase is a virulence factor of Group A infections. It lyses blood clots by producing PLASMIN, which breaks down FIBIRIN, which is a clotting substance.

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What makes plasmin?

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Steptokinase

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How do GAS survive and “mulitply?”

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Avoid phagocytosis

  1. M protein
    • capsule made w/ blood components
    • most important
  2. Hyaluronic Acid Capsule
    • mucoid capsule
  3. C5a Peptidase
    • inactivates chemotaxis of phagocytes
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what is M Protein

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M protein helps prevent phagocytosis of GAS.
dense coating
prevents opsonins from binding
“variable region” can be attacked by antibodies, but it is HIGHLY variable.

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What is Hyaluronic Acid Capsule?
Hyaluronic Acid Capsule prevents phagocytosis of GAS - makes strep slippery so phagocytes can't adhere - shedded for epi attachment - ARF isolates are heavily encapsulated
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How do GAS "damage?"
Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxins (SPEs)
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What are Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxins(SPEs)?
1. cause red rash of scarlet fever 2. can directly activate T cells w/out antigen in context of MHC 3. inflammatory response in tissues 4. SUPERANTIGENS that can mimic the effects of endotoxins (activated T cells release cytokines) 5. produce streptococcal toxic shock syndrome
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What is a SUPERANTIGEN?
Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin (SPE) can activate T-cells w/out MHC
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Which is more common, group A or Group B strep?
Group B
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Which hemolysis classification is Group B strep?
Beta, just like Group A
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What does Group B strep commonly cause?
1. neonatal sepsis 2. meningitis (common in adults with chronic disease)
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How does Group B strep cause problems?
Their POLYSACCHARIDE CAPSULE is antigenic. | this is unlike the hyaluronic capsule of GAS
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Where is Group B strep found?
lower GI tract | female genital tracts
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What are the Lancefield classifications of the "other" Beta strep? (not GAS or GBS)
C, G, and F | S. zooepidemicus in most common. affects cattle, horses, and humans
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What is the hemolytic classification of Group D strep?
Alpha, Gamma
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Describe Group D strep
1. alpha, gamma hemolytic 2. enterococci & nonenterococci (like S. bovis) 3. in normal flora of GI and genitourinary tracts 4. low virulence
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Are enterococci normally virulent?
No, but they are BAD when they are.
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What is the "world's toughest pathogenic bacteria?"
Enterococci grow in high salt not killed by penicillin resistant to most antibiotics
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How is enterococci treated?
combo of PENICILLIN (leaky cell wall) & AMINOGLYCOSIDE (limit PRO synthesis)
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What is the untreatable type of enterococci?
Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VREs) can transfer their resistance
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What is a nonenterococcal Group D strep?
S. Bovis - most common for human disease - subacute bacterial endocarditis - affects abnormal heart valves
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Does S. bovis grow in high salt?
No. only enterococci do this. S. bovis is nonenterococcal.
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Is S. bovis killed by penicillin?
Yes, but enterococci are not.
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What color is Viridans strep associated with?
Green (alpha-hemolytic) | most common cause of subacute bacterial endocaridits
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Strep Mutans ("viridan strep)
dental caries most prevalent forms of infectious disease S. mutans, sanguis, salivarius, mitis,

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