Micro VII Flashcards
ALl enterobacteriaceae have what?
O antigen
What is the e.coli strain that causes neonatal meningitis?
K1 capsule
What is the toxin that ETEC uses? MOA?
LT toxin
-Stimulate adenylate cyclase to increase Na Cl and water loss
What is MOA of clonidine?
Alpha 2 agonism
What other GI pathogens produces and secretes a toxin with a mechanism of action similar to LT toxin?
Cholera
K1 e.coli causes what disease?
Neonatal meningitis
What is the cause of HUS?
- EHEC 0157:H7
- verotoxin inhibits protein synthesis
What causes the schistocytes in HUS?
“Roughing up” of the glomerular capillaries
What is the MOA of verotoxin found in HUS?
Widespread platelet aggregation
Which e.coli cause dysentery?
EHEC
EIEC
Which e. coli causes pus diarrhea?
EIEC
Which e.coli strain causes fever?
EPEC
EIEC
How does EHEC cause HUS? MOA?
Shiga toxin***
Why is ITP not associated with schistocytes?
No thromboses form–just abs toward platelets
What is the DOC of e.coli? (UTI,
UTI: Cipro or TMP/SMX
What closely related species to Yersinia
enterocolitica is transmitted to humans from
rodents by the bite of flea and causes a fatal
disease associated with serious suppurative
swelling of lymph nodes? Also, what is the
name of the disease that it causes?
Answer to closely related species to Yersinia enterocolitica is Yersinia
pestis and it causes Bubonic plague.
What is the third enteric bug that invades
epithelial cells of the GI and causes fever and
bloody diarrhea?
1. Shigella
2. Salmonella
3.
Campylobacter
What are the key members of the enterobacteriaceae? (S2E2C)
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Escherichia coli
- Enterobacter
- Yersinia enterocolitica
- Serratia
- Shigella
- Salmonella
- Proteus mirabilis
What is the most common cause of pus in the stool?
Campylobacter
List 5 must-know pathogens that produce
fever, bloody diarrhea and inflammatory PMNs
(pus) in the stool (SEC x 2)
- Shigella
- Salmonella
- EHEC
- Entamoeba histolytica
- Campylobacter jejuni
What is the gram stain and morphology of salmonella typhi? Is it motile? Catalase?
Gram negative rod
Motile
Catalase +
What does salmonella typhi cause?
Typhoid fever
Salmonella typhi incubation is 10 to 14 days.
Salmonella enteritidis (food poisoning) incubation
is 1 to 2 days. What is the incubation of Staph
aureus food poisoning?
Incubation of Staph aureus and bacillus cereus is 3-8 hours
What are major catalase-positive bugs, and what
virulence mechanism they have in common?
Proteus Pseudomonas Listeria Aspergillus Campylobacter Ecoli Shigella Salmonella Staph
What is the incubation of Bacillus cereus food
poisoning?
3-8 hours
What protozoan causes dysentery and what is the
pathognomonic feature seen if biopsy is taken from
the colon?
Entamoeba histolytica
Flask-shaped ulcers
What is the morphology of salmonella enteritidis? What does it produce? Is it motile? Catalase?
Gram negative rod
H2S
Motile
Catalase positive