NON ENTERIC GI PATHOGEN Flashcards
curved/comma bacillus
found in brackish, marine water, salt water
halophilic
vibrio
vibrio are all NLF except for
v. vulnificus
CA cholera, necrotizing faciitis
v. cholerae O1
all vibrio reduce nitrates to nitrites except for`
v. metschnikovii
v. cholerae 01 serotypes
A,B
ogawa
v. cholerae 01 serotypes
A,C
inaba
v. cholerae 01 serotypes
A,B,C
hikojima
v. cholerae biogroups
VP (-), do not agglutinate chicken RBC, susceptible
classical
v. cholerae biogroups
VP (+), agglutinates chicken RBC, resistant
el tor
enterotoxins:
cho9lera toxins
zot toxins
ace toxins
v. cholerae
+ string test
mucoid stringing reaction
v. cholerae
antigenic structure: somatic O, flagellar H
v. cholerae
acute diarrheal disease spread through contaminated water
hallmark: rice-watery stool
cholera
protein with enzymatic A subunit and intestinal receptor-binding B subunit
stimulate hypersecretion of water and chloride
choleragen
second most common vibrio implicated in gastroenteritis
SUMMER DIARRHEA in japan
v. parahemolyticus
pandemic strain; food borne outbreaks
v. parahemolyticus serotype O3:K6
hemolysis lyses human RBCs
kanagawa phenomenon
selective medium for v. parahemolyticus –
high salt mannitol medium
wagatsuma agar
lactose-positive vibrio
second to v. cholerae in producing serious type of vibrio
v. vulnificus
from eating raw oysters, fish and TILAPIA
v. vulnificus