MIDTERM 03 - Enteric and Other Gram-Negative Bacilli Flashcards
A large, heterogenous group of gram-negative rods whose natural habitat is the intestinal tract of humans and animals; are facultative anaerobes, catalase positive, and oxidase negative
Enterobacteriaceae/Enteric gram-negative bacilli/Coliforms
Test for Enterobacteriaceae that detects the ability to produce indole from tryptophan (IMViC test)
Indole test
Test for Enterobacteriaceae that detects the ability to produce acids (IMViC test)
Methyl red test
Test for Enterobacteriaceae that detects the ability to produce acetoin (IMViC test)
Voges-Proskauer test
Test for Enterobacteriaceae that detects the ability to utilize citrate (IMViC test)
Citrate test
3 media for Enterobacteriaceae that tests the ability to ferment lactose (EMD)
EMB medium, MacConkey medium, Deoxycholate medium
3 enterobacteriaceae that are rapid lactose fermenters (KEE)
Klebsiella, Escherichia, Enterobacter
6 enterobacteriaceae that are late lactose fermenters (ESCAPE)
Edwardsiella, Serratia, Citrobacter, Arizona, Providencia, Erwinia
Most external part of the cell wall LPS and consists of repeating units of polysaccharide (Antigenic structures of Enterobacteriaceae)
O antigens
External to O antigens on some but not all Enterobacteriaceae (Antigenic structures of Enterobacteriaceae)
K antigens
Located on flagella; denatured or removed by heat or alcohol (Antigenic structures of Enterobacteriaceae)
H antigens
Most common cause of UTI; also causes sepsis and meningitis (Examples of Enterobacteriaceae)
Escherichia coli
Causes diarrhea in infants (Diarrheal diseases caused by Escherichia coli)
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC)
Causes traveler’s diarrhea (Diarrheal diseases caused by Escherichia coli)
Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)
Causes mild non-bloody diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis, and hemolytic uremic syndrome (Diarrheal diseases caused by Escherichia coli)
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC)
Exhibits symptoms similar to shigellosis (Diarrheal diseases caused by Escherichia coli)
Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)
Causes acute and chronic diarrhea, and traveler’s diarrhea and persistent diarrhea in patients with HIV (Diarrheal diseases caused by Escherichia coli)
Enteroaggressive E. coli (EAEC)
Treatment for Escherichia coli
Fluoroquinolones
An Enterobacteriaceae that has a capsule made of K antigens; causes hospital-acquired pneumonia (Klebsiella species)
Klebsiella pneumoniae/Friedlander’s Bacillus
An Enterobacteriaceae also known as Calymmatobacterium granulomatis; causes granuloma inguinale/donovanosis (Klebsiella species)
Klebsiella granulomatis
An STD that is a chronic genital ulcerative disease that produces pseudobuboes (subcutenous granulomas) (Clinical findings of Klebsiella granulomatis)
Granuloma inguinale/Donovanosis
Treatment for Klebsiella granulomatis
Azithromycin
2 Enterobacteriaceae that causes hospital-acquired infections such as pneumonia, UTI, and wound and device infections (Examples of Enterobacteriaceae)
Enterobacter cloacae, Enterobacter aerogenes
A common opportunistic pathogen in hospitalized patients; causes pneumonia, bacteremia, and endocarditis (Examples of Enterobacteriaceae)
Serratia marcescens
2 Proteus sp. that produces infections in humans only when the bacteria leave the intestinal tract; produces ureases (Examples of Enterobacteriaceae)
Proteus mirabilis, Proteus vulgaris
Enzyme produced by Proteus sp. that hydrolyzes urea with the liberation of ammonia
Urease
Are members of the normal intestinal microbiota; causes UTIs (Examples of Enterobacteriaceae)
Providencia
Causes UTI and sepsis principally among debilitated hospitalized patients; associated with meningitis in infants <2 months of age (Examples of Enterobacteriaceae)
Citrobacter
Its natural habitat is limited to the intestinal tracts of humans and other primates; causes shigellosis (bacillary dysentery) (Examples of Enterobacteriaceae)
Shigella
Shigella causes __________, also known as bacillary dysentery
Shigellosis
Are exotoxins produced by Shigella that is heat-labile, antigenic, enterotoxic, and neurotoxic
Shigella toxins
Treatment/DOC for Shigella (for severe infections)
Ceftriaxone
Are peritrichous bacteria that usually produce H2S and is pathogenic for humans or animals when acquired by the oral route (Examples of Enterobacteriaceae)
Salmonella