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MT: NON FERMENTIVE GRAM NEG BACILLI Flashcards

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what are the non fermentive gram negative bacilli

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Pseudomonas
Acinetobacter
Flavobacterium
Burkholderia
Alcaligenes
Eikenella
Kingella
Stenotrophomonas
Actinobacillus
Achromobacter
Capnocytophaga
Cardiobacterium

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Gram-negative rods, Motile, Aerobic non-fermenting, Produces blue green pigments

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Pseudomonas

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pyocyanin

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blue

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pyoverdin

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green

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pyorubin

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red

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Pseudomonas is Oxidase ___

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oxidase positive

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Pseudomonas is found widely in soil, water, plants, animals 🡪 ______

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UBIQUITOUS

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Pseudomonas TSI:

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K/K -

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Form mucoid colonies as a result of overproduction of
alginate, an exopolysaccharide which appears to provide the
matrix for the organisms to live in a biofilm

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Pseudomonas

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Pseudomonas forms mucoid colonies as a result of overproduction of _____

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alginate

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(Pseudomonas) Alginate is an exopolysaccharide which appears to provide the
matrix for the organisms to live in a ____ for protection

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biofilm

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12
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Growth of pseudomonads on spoiling foods can generate a “____” odor

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“fruity”

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Pseudomonas WEAPONS

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Pili
Exopolysaccharide
Lipopolysaccharide
Extracellular enzymes
Exotoxin A ADP EF-2

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extend from the cell surface
promote attachment to host epithelial cells

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Pili (fimbriae)

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mucoid colonies
Difficult to remove via phagocytosis
cystic fibrosis

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Exopolysaccharide

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immunotypes
endotoxic properties of the organism

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Lipopolysaccharide

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17
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(Pseudomonas) what are the Extracellular enzymes

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Elastases
Proteases
2 Hemolysins

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In Extracellular enzymes, what are the two hemolysins

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  1. a heat-labile phospholipase C
  2. heat-stable glycolipid
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19
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tissue necrosis and inflammation
Gram negative shock in septicemia
lethal for animals when injected in purified form
toxin blocks protein synthesis by a mechanism of action identical to that of diphtheria toxin

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Exotoxin A ADP EF-2

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Pseudomonas weapon that is resistant to many antimicrobial agents

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Lipopolysaccharide

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Weapon of Pseudomonas that causes Fever, Shock, Oliguria, Leukocytosis, Leukopenia, disseminated intravascular
coagulation, adult respiratory distress syndrome

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Lipopolysaccharide

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Best studied SIGNIFICANT HUMAN PATHOGEN

Increasingly recognized as an emerging opportunistic pathogen of clinical relevance

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Low susceptibility to most Antibiotics

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  1. antibiotic resistance genes
  2. low permeability of the bacterial cellular envelopes
  3. Chromosomal MUTATION
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24
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Clinical Findings

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GI colonization
Meningitis
Urinary tract infection
Necrotizing pneumonia
Mild otitis externa
Invasive (malignant) otitis externa
Hemorrhagic necrosis of skin

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Mild otitis externa aka

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swimmers ear

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invasive (malignant) otitis externa 🡪 ____ patients

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diabetic patients

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infants or debilitated persons, P. aeruginosa may invade the bloodstream and
result in

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fatal sepsis

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P. aeruginosa. CF. SKIN –

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Whirpool associated dermatitis

29
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  • occurs often in sepsis due to P. aeruginosa
  • ecthyma gangrenosum
  • surrounded by erythema and
    often do not contain pus
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Hemorrhagic necrosis of skin

30
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Diagnostic Laboratory Tests. P. aeruginosa. Sites

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skin lesions, pus, urine, blood, spinal fluid, sputum, and other
material should be obtained as indicated by the type of infection

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P. aeruginosa. Culture. Selective media

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Cetrimide Agar

32
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P. aeruginosa should not be treated with

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single-drug therapy

33
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penicillin active against P aeruginosa— ____ or
______ —is used in combination with an aminoglycoside,
usually ______

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ticarcillin or piperacillin
tobramycin

34
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is used in primary therapy of P. aeruginosa infections

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ceftazidime

35
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nosocomial pathogen, thrives in moist environments, special attention should be paid to sinks, water baths, showers, hot tubs, and other wet areas
what bacteria?

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P. aeruginosa

36
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  • ubiquitous Gram-negative
  • obligately aerobic
  • rod-shaped bacteria that are motile by means of single or
    multiple polar flagella
  • found in marine environments
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Burkholderia

37
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non motile Burkholderia

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Burkholderia mallei

38
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small, nonmotile, nonpigmented, aerobic gram-negative rod. Causes GLANDERS disease

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Burkholderia mallei

39
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GLANDERS disease is a disease of

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horses, mules, and donkeys

40
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in its human infection, inhalation of the organisms may lead to primary pneumonia. Fatal and begins as an ulcer of the skin or mucous membranes.
- Lymphangitis and sepsis

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Burkholderia mallei

41
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its diagnosis consists of rising - - agglutinin titers
- culture of the organism from local lesions of humans or horses
- tetracycline plus an aminoglycoside

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Burkholderia mallei

42
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formation of nodular lesions in
the lungs and ulceration of
the mucous membranes in
the upper respiratory
tract

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Glanders Disease

43
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  • small, motile, aerobic gram-negative bacillus
  • mucoid and smooth to rough and wrinkled
  • cream to orange
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Burkholderia pseudomallei

44
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Burkholderia pseudomallei
- __ °C and oxidizes glucose and lactose

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42 °C

45
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also called Whitmore’s disease

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MELIODOSIS

46
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  • B. pseudomallei transmitted through the upper airway or
    nasopharynx
  • subsequent to a localized suppurative infection and bacteremia
  • fever and leukocytosis, with consolidation of the upper lobes
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melioidosis

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most common form of melioidosis is

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pulmonary infection🡪
primary pneumonitis

48
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MELIODOSIS found in contaminated ___

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soil and water

49
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Treatment Melioidosis

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  1. Surgical drainage of localized infection
  2. tetracycline, sulfonamides, piperacillin, imipenem
  3. severe infections should be treated parenterally
50
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  • free-living gram-negative rod
  • lavender-green or gray color
  • oxidase-negative and lysine decarboxylase-positive
  • indwelling plastic intravenous catheters
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

51
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  • aerobic gram-negative bacteria
  • soil and water, nosocomial
  • resistant to antimicrobial agents (gentamicin, amikacin, or tobramycin and to
    newer penicillins or cephalosporins)
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Aggregatibacter

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Aggregatibacter species most commonly isolated

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Acinetobacter baumannii

53
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Uncommon Gram-Negative Bacteria, grows slowly
- causes severe periodontal disease in adolescents, endocarditis, abscesses,
osteomyelitis, and other infections

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Aggregatibacter (Actinobacillus)
actinomycetemcomitans

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Achromobacter and Alcaligenes. What differentiates them from pseudomonas

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peritrichous flagella and are motile,

55
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  • alkalinize citrate medium and oxidation-fermentation medium
  • containing glucose
  • urease-negative
  • normal human bacterial flora
  • isolated from respirators, nebulizers, and renal dialysis systems
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Achromobacter and Alcaligenes

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  • slow-growing capnophilic, gram-negative, fusiform or filamentous bacilli
  • fermentative
  • facultative anaerobes
  • require CO2 for aerobic growth
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Capnocytophaga

57
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Capnocytophaga motility

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gliding motility

58
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  • severe periodontal disease in juveniles
  • bacteremia and severe systemic disease in immunocompromised patients,
    especially granulocytopenic patients with oral ulcerations
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Capnocytophaga

59
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facultatively anaerobic
pleomorphic gram-negative rod
normal flora of the upper respiratory tract and bowel
causes endocarditis

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Cardiobacterium hominis

60
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  • small, fastidious, capnophilic gram-negative rod
  • gingival and bowel flora of humans
  • mixed flora infections associated with contamination by oral mucosal
    organisms
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Eikenella corrodens

61
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human bites/clench fist injury

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Eikenella corrodens

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Eikenella corrodens resistant to

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clindamycin

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Eikenella corrodens susceptible to

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ampicillin and the newer penicillins and cephalosporins

64
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small, fastidious, capnophilic gram-negative rod, pits in agar

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Eikenella corrodens

65
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hemolytic when grown on blood agar, gram-negative rod, but coccobacillary and diplococcal, normal oral flora
causes infections of bone, joints, and tendons, endocarditis

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Kingella kingae

66
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enters the circulation with minor oral trauma such as tooth brushing

susceptible to penicillin, ampicillin, erythromycin, and other antimicrobial
drugs

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Kingella kingae

67
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Gram-negative
non-motile
rod-shaped bacteria
Several species are known to cause disease in freshwater fish

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Flavobacterium

68
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Endocarditis in children (HACEK)

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  1. Haemophilus (Haemophilus parainfluenzae)
  2. Aggregatibacter (Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
    Aggregatibacter aphrophilus)
  3. Cardiobacterium hominis
  4. Eikenella corrodens
  5. Kingella (Kingella kingae)

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