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What family are salmonella bacteria part of and what are the lab characteristics?

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Enterobacteriiaceae - gram negative

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Which salmonella species cause enteric fever in humans?

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Salmonella Typhi - typhoid fever
Salmonella Paratyphi (A-C) - paratyphoid fever
*disease syndrome caused by these organisms is ENTERIC FEVER

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Which salmonella cause gastroenteritis in humans?

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Non-typhoidal salmonellas

*food-poisoning group

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What kind of disease is salmonella?

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An ingestion disease.

Water, milk, food (contaminated)

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Infection with salmonella can result in three patterns of illness. Name them.

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  1. Enteric fever (typhoid or paratyphoid)
  2. Gastroenteritis (food poisoning)
  3. Extra intestinal infection - associated with poor host response
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How is S.Typhi spread?

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Is an infection of man only therefore:

  • hands
  • food
  • water
  • milk
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Lab characteristics of S.Typhi?

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Gram-negative bacilli
non-sporulating
motile

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Outline the pathogenesis of S.Typhi.

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Invades S.I. > multiplies in mesenteric lymph glands > enters bold stream via thoracic duct > infection of organs > organisms localise in R.E.S > organisms released from R.E.S > septicemia (fever onset) > re-infection of organs

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What part of the body is particularly affected by Enteric fever?

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Peyers patches:

- inflammatory response can result in ulceration and perforation

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How can S.Typhi infection be chronic?

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Long term survival of the organism in the gallbladder.

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What allows S.Typhi to spread around the body despite efforts from the immune system?

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  1. S.Typhi can survive in phagocytes
  2. Lipopolysaccharide endotoxins
  3. Microcapsule - protects against the llytic activity of complement and impedes phagocytosis
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Pathology of S.Typhi?

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Ulceration of peyers patches in ileum. Perforation = peritonitis
Mesenteric lymph nodes:
- enlarged, soft and red due to hyperplasia, hyperaemia and edema
Spleen:
- enlarged and soft

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Histologically, what is the pathology with regards to S.Typhi?

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Histiocytes
Lymphocytes
Plasma cells
*polymorphs not prominent

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When can one expect complications of enteric fever?

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Usually two weeks after onset.

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What are some complications of enteric fever?

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Perforation > peritonitis
Haemorrhage > eroded blood vessel in base of ulcer
Typhoid pneumonitis
Thrombosis
Cholecystitis (allow organisms to persist)
Typhoid hepatitis
*can also affect the heart + meninges

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Incubation period of enteric fever?

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1-3 weeks.

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Clinical presentation of enteric fever?

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Insidious onset of:

  • headache
  • step-like temperature
  • bradycardia
  • malaise, anorexia
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What may happen if enteric fever is allowed to become severe?

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Apathy
Delirium
Stupor

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What skin sign could one see with regards to enteric fever?

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Rose-colored rash on the abdomen.

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What is the most striking clinical feature of enteric fever?

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Septicemia

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Is enteric fever associated with gastroenteritis?

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Varying degrees - classical pea-soup like stool

*patient may be constipated or have normal stools

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How does one diagnose S.Typhi?

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Isolation of causative organism > culture

Serology

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What specimens can be used to try to culture S.Typhi?

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Blood - initial disease levels are high
Stool - only in third week of illness
Urine - excretion with S.Typhi often intermittent
Bone marrow aspirate

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What serological test can be used to try to identify S.Typhi? Is it reliable?

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Widal agglutination test.

Unreliable and often difficult to interpret.

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What is the Widal agglutination test? When may it be difficult to interpret the test result?

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Test for antibodies to both the O and H antigens.

*difficult to interpret when a person has relieved a Typhoid vaccine

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What factors should one consider whenever interpreting a serological test?

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  1. Antibodies in the population at risk
  2. Previous innoculations (vaccines)
  3. Antibiotic therapy (may modify the response)
  4. At what stage of the disease the blood was taken for serology
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Once someone has had enteric fever can they get it again?

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Only rarely.

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Who gets the vaccine for S.Typhi?

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Travellers to endemic areas.

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What antibiotics are used to treat enteric fever?

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Quinolones.
Amoxicillin
Cotrimoxazole

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With regards to doses of organisms required to cause disease, where does S.Typhi stand?

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Low dose is sufficient.

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What would Typhoid Mary be referred to today?

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A chronic excretor of S.Typhi (gallbladder).

Cholecystectomy required today.

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Pathogenesis of gastroenteritis caused by non-typhoidal salmonella?

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Organisms multiply in S.I. > invade gut wall (pinocytosis) > migrate to lamina propria > inflammatory response

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Clinical features of gastroenteritis due to non-typhoidal salmonella?

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Asymptomatic
Gastroenteritis (watery to dysenteric stools)
Fever + abdominal cramps + nausea/emesis + myalgia

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What does the Diarrhoea in gastroenteritis due to non-typhoidal salmonella look like?

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Loose or watery
Blood is rare
Pus may be present

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How to diagnose gastroenteritis due to non-typhoidal salmonella?

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Organism cultured form the stool fairly readily.

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Treatment of non-typhoidal salmonella induced gastroenteritis?

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Supportive care - illness is self-limiting

Antibiotics in the immunocompromised

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What antibiotics can be used to treat gastroenteritis due to non-typhoidal salmonella?

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Quinolones

Or amoxicillin or cotrimoxazole

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Who are at risk of invasive disease with regards to salmonella?

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Immunocompromised. HIV PATIENTS

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What can happen in invasive disease regarding salmonella?

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Pneumonia.
Meningitis.
Damage at atherosclerotic lesions.

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How to treat invasive salmonella in HIV patients?

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Third generation cephalosporins followed by oral Quinolones.

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