Lesson 8c: Salmonella serotypes Flashcards

The virulence of Salmonella serotypes relates to their ability to invade and replicate in epithelial cells which are encoded on Salmonella pathogenicity islands (SPI) and virulence plasmid

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this identify O & H antigens, and occasionaly Vi antigens. It’s used in serotyping salmonella bacteria

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Kaufmann & white

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the majority of salmonella belong to what?

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S. eneterica subspecies eneterica

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developed for a small numbers of serotypes & used for epidemiological investigations of isolates

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Phage typing

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what is the main route of salmonella?

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Ingestion

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route can also be in?

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Upper respiratory tract & Conjuctiva

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in pigs, salmonella colonize & persist in?

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Tonsils

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2 Virulence factor of Salmonella serotypes:

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  1. Fimbriae (type 1) & long polar fimbriae
  2. Protein that interact w/ actin cytoskeleton of hos cells
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In case of salmonella entereditis, it infect where?

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ovaries

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this enables to adhere to intestinal mucosae (peyers patches)

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Type 1 Fimbriae

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this can cause rearrangements that leads to ruffle formation

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protein that interact w/ actin cytoskeleton of the host cells.

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Salmonella localized the mucous lining of the ?

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  1. ileum
  2. cecum
  3. colon
  4. mesenteric lymph nodes
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if pathogens evade clearance mechanism this 2 may occur:

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  1. subclinical infection
  2. latent infection
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this indicates low number of slamonella in the feces without causing obvious symptoms

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Subclinical infection

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when salmonella can remain dormant on places like gallbladder or mesenteric lymph nodes without being secreted.

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Latent infection

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this clinical may developed due to predisposing factors.

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  1. stress
  2. amount of salmonella ingested
  3. virulence of specific salmonella or strains
  4. suspectibility of host to combat infection
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this affects farm animals, regardless of age

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Enteric salmonellosis

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If enteric salmonellosis manifest as acute, what are the possible symptoms?

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  1. fever
  2. depression
  3. loss of appetite
  4. severe diarrhea w/ blood & mucous
  5. epithelial casts
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If enteric salmonellosis may developed into chronic eneterocolitis, what are possible symptoms ?

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  1. intermittent fever
  2. soft feces
  3. gradual weight loss that leads to emaciation
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it affects calves, neonatal foals & pigs younger than 4 months

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Septicaemic salmonellosis

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pigs affected to this, has distinguished discoloration of ears & snout

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Salmonell cholerasuis

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Salmonella pullorum, is called ____.

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Pullorum disease or Bacillary white diarrhea

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chicks & turkey affected by S. pullorum has how many weeks w/ high mortality rate?

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2-3 ,weeks

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Fowl thypoid produced lesion similar to S. pullorum, it’s caused by ____,

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S. gallinarium

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this name is given to infection of poultry by non-host adapted salmonellae, such as entereditis & Typhimurim.

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Parathyroid caused by S. entereditis

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if isolation of salmonella from blood or parenchymatous organs it's?
confirmatory
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if there is heavy growth of S. from feces, it suggest?
pathogen involved
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in recovering small numbers of salmonellae is present in the feces it indicated?
Carrier state
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what are the 2 selective media used in salmonella for colony characteristics ?
1. Brilliant green agar 2. Xylose lysine deoxycholate
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in this selective media, S. colonies & medium appear ?
red in alkilinity
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in this selective media, S. colonies are _____ indicating H2O production
Red w/ Black
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In case of biochemical testing, if suspicious colonies from selective media are subcultured onto?
1. Triple sugar Iron (TSI) Agar 2. lysine decarboxylase broth
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how many hours & temperature for biochemical test are conducted to established the identity of salmonella?
18 hours at 37 degree celcius
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What is the molecular technique used in S. serotypes, for repid & specific detection of salmonella?
PCR & real time PCR
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What is serological test used in S. serotypes for diagnosing herd & flock
ELISA & Agglutination technique
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what can be used for sample collection:
1. Tissue 2. Feces
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in fecal sample, note that it's first ***inoculated*** into _____, incubated at 37 degree celsius for 48 hours aerobically
Enrichement broth (selenite F, Rappaport or Tetrathionate)
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after incubation of fecal sample, the enriched broth is again ***subcultured*** onto _____, this helps in the isolation & identification of salmonella
selective blood agar media (MacConkey, Brilliant agar or XLD )
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In tissue sampling it's directed to inocultaion on _________, & then incubted at 37 degree celsius at 24 hours
Selective blood agar
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