(Lecture) Vibrio, Aeromonas, Campylobacter, and Helicobacter Flashcards
Factors to consider when identifying Vibrio infection:
- Recent consumption of raw seafood
- Recent immigration or foreign travel
- Gastroenteritis with cholera-like or rice-water stools
- Accidental trauma incurred during contact with fresh, estuarine, or marine water or associated products
Microscopic morphology of Vibrio specie in broth:
Possess polar, sheathed flagella
Microscopic morphology of Vibrio species in solid media:
Peritrichous, unsheathed flagella
Catalase Test result of Vibrio specie:
Catalase negative except for Vibrio metschnikovii
Oxidase Test result of Vibrio specie:
Oxidase positive except for Vibrio metschnikovii
Is Vibrio specie Glucose Fermenter of Non-Glucose Fermenter?
Glucose Fermenter
Is Vibrio specie Vibriostatic 0/129 susceptible or resistant?
Vibriostatic 0/129 Susceptible
Does Vibrio grow on MAC or not?
Vibrio species do not grow on MAC
Routine media used for Vibrio species:
Thiosulfate Citrate Bile Salt Agar
Is Vibrio positive for String test or negative?
Positive String Test
Most Vibrio exhibit a positive string test is observed as a mucoid “stringing” reaction after emulsification of colonies in _____
0.5% sodium deoxycholate
Most Vibrio species are susceptible to the vibriostatic compound O/129, exhibiting a zone of inhibition to a 150-µg Vibriostat disk on _____ or _____
Mueller-Hinton Agar
Trypticase Soy Agar
All specie of Vibrio are halophilic or “salt-loving” except for what specie/s?
Vibrio cholerae
Vibrio mimicus
Three major subgroups of V. cholerae:
Vibrio cholerae O1
Vibrio cholerae 0139
Vibrio cholerae non-O1
Based on the composition of O antigen, V. cholerae O1 organisms are divided into the following serotypes:
- Ogawa – India
- Inaba – Philippines
- Hikojima – Japan
Causative agent of cholera (aka Asiatic cholera or epidemic cholera)
Vibrio cholerae O1
Vibrio cholerae O1 is also known as _____ or _____
Asiatic cholera
Epidemic cholera
Cholera is prevalent in the Bengal region of _____ and _____
India
Bangladesh
This is responsible for rice watery stools in cholera that contains which can rapidly lead to dehydration and death.
Cholera toxin or choleragen
In treatment for Cholera, if the patient is resistant to tetracycline or doxycycline, what antibiotics is/are used?
Azithromycin
Ciprofloxacin
Two types of Cholera:
- Classical Type of Cholera
- El Tor Type of Cholera
What Cholera type is negative and positive for Voges Proskauer Test?
Negative: Classical Type of Cholera
Positive: El Tor Type of Cholera
What Cholera Type of resistant and susceptible for the Polymixin B Susceptibility Test?
Resistant: Classical Type of Cholera
Susceptible: El Tor Type of Cholera
A Type of Cholera that agglutinate chicken red blood cells:
El Tor Type of Cholera
The second most common Vibrio species implicated in gastroenteritis after V. cholerae.
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Vibrio parahaemolyticus was first recognized as a pathogen in _____ in year _____
Japan
1950
Vibrio parahemolyticus is the primary cause of _____ in Japan.
Summer Diarrhea
The pathogenesis of V. parahaemolyticus is not as well understood as V. cholerae. However, there is a possible association between hemolysin production and virulence, known as the _____
Kanagawa Phenemenon
It has been observed that most clinical V. parahaemolyticus strains produce a heat-stable hemolysin that is able to lyse human erythrocytes in a special, high-salt mannitol medium which is the _____
Wagatsuma Agar
Vibrio specie that is least pathogenic and most frequently isolated
Vibrio alginolyticus
Two categories of infection under Vibrio vulnificus specie:
Primary septicemia
Wound Infections
On SBA and CAP, what is the appearance of Vibrio species?
Medium to large colonies that appear smooth, opaque, and iridescent with a greenish hue