Micro - Gram Negative Bacteria VII Flashcards
gram negative obligate intracellular parasites
chlamydia - needs to steal ATP
rickettsia - can oxidize certain molecules to ATP
how to culture chlamydia and rickettsia
usually into embryo yolk sac
bc they can’t make ATP
chlamydia
gram negative
-no peptidoglycan layer and no muramic acid
likes columnar epithelial cells
-conjunctivits, cervicitis, pneumonia
chlamydia life cycle
elementary body (EB) - does not divide
- attaches and enters columnar epithelial cells
- inhibits phagosome-lysosome fusion and grows
initial body (reticulate body) - EB RNA increase and split by binary fission -some back to EB - released from cell
species of chlamydia
trachomatis - eyes, genitals lungs
psittaci and pneumonia - lungs
chlamydia trachomatis
eyes and genitals
trachoma
chronic conjunctivitis
-from chlamydia trachomatis
most common cause of preventable blindness in world
trachoma
-native americans frequently infected
most common STD in US
chlamydia trachomatis
inclusion conjunctivitis
babies delivered in birth canals with chlamydia trachomatis
-purulent yellow discharge and swelling of eyelids 5-14 days after birth
diagnosis of chlamydia trachomatis
basophilic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies
4-11 weeks old - upper respiratory symptoms followed by rapid breathing, cough, and resp distress
infant pneumonia caused by chlamydia trachomatis
Dx - confirmed by presence of anti-chlamydia IgM Abs
most common cause of urethritis
non-gonnococcal
-chlamydia trachomatis and ureaplasma urealyticum
second cause - neisseria gonorrhea
diagnosis for gonorrhea and chlamydia
nucleic acid amplification test
-PCR
PID
caused by both chlamydia trachomatis and neisseria gonorrhea
PD shuffle
chandelier sign
can lead to infertility, ectopic pregnancy, and chronic pelvic pain
unilateral scrotal swelling, tenderness, pain, with fever
chlamydial epididymitis
reiters syndrome
inflammatory arthritis of large joints
-young men - aged 20-40
caused by chlamydia trochamitis