Microbiology II - Exam 1 Chlamydia, Rickettsia, etc... Flashcards
Is Chlamydia culturable?
No
What species of Chlamydia cause human infection?
C. trachomatis
C. psittaci
C. pneumoniae
Is Chlamydia an obligate intracellular bacteria?
Yes
What species of Chlamydia cause animal infection?
C. abortus
C. pecorum
Which Chlamydia species has a conserved amount of Major Outer Membrane Protein (MOMP)?
C. pneumoniae
Which organisms of Chlamydia contain plasmid DNA?
C. trachomatis
C. psittaci
Which Chlamydia species does NOT contain plasmid DNA?
C. pneumoniae - less pathogenic
Chlamydia life cycle components:
Intracellular
Reticulate body (RB) - replicative
Chlamydia life cycle components:
Extracellular
Elementary body (EB) - infective
Elementary body size
0.25-0.35 microns - smaller than RB
Reticulate body size
0.5-1 micron - larger than EB
C. trachomatis has 18 serovars based on _____ antigenic differences?
MOMP
True/False - Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted bacteria in the U.S.
True
C. trachomatis forms of transmission
Major transmission
Vertical transmission
Oculogenital infections
Vertical transmission presents as…
neonatal pneumonia or inclusion conjunctivitis
Major transmission is from ____ contact.
direct (human to human)
Oculogenital infections include…
GTI
Acute inclusion conjunctivitis in adults and newborns
_____ is the preferred lab screening for chlamydia diagnosis.
Endocervix sample
____ and ____ are other methods of screening for Chlamydia.
Urogenital swab and fresh urine sample
Why should you keep possible chlamydia sample cold and transport ASAP?
Chlamydia is a labile bacteria
Transport media for Chlamydia should include _______.
sucrose-phosphate transport medium with antbiotics.
Why does the transport media for Chlamydia include antibiotics?
This is to kill off other bacteria that are extracellular to isolate chalmydia for testing.
Chlamydia culture in cell lines has ____% specificity.
100
Chlamydia culture in cell lines has ___-___% sensitivity.
70-90
Chlamydia direct detection methods include____
Inclusion bodies
Antigen detection
Nucleic acid hybridization
Hybridization uses RNA probe to detect ____ in a sample.
DNA
C. psittaci is resistant to what?
Sulfonaminde
Diagnosis of psittacosis is almost always by _____
serology
C. pneumoniae may be the causative agent of _________.
atherosclerosis
C. pneumoniae is transmitted by ______.
aerosolize droplets
C. pneumoniae is diagnosed by a direct method known as _______.
NAAT (nucleic acid amplification test)
McCoy cell lines have multiple _____ passages
blind
Rickettsia is what type of organism?
Obligate intracellular
Fastidious
Rickettsia multiply ______.
intracellularly
Rickettsia diseases are based on three groups dependent upon arthropod transmission. What are the 3 groups?
- spotted fever group
- typhus group
- scrub typhus group
Rickettsia conorii has what type of vector?
tick
Disease caused by R. conorii
Indian or Kenya tick typhus and mediterranean or Israeli spotted fevers
Rickettsia prowazekii has what type of vector?
Lice
R. typhi has what type of vector?
flea
Ehrlichia chaffeensis infects _______.
monocytes
Anaplasma phagocytophilium infects _____.
bone marrow; primarily neutrophils
Anaplasmosis is caused by what vector?
black legged ticks
Sennetsu fever is predominately in what country?
SE Asia