Salmonellosis Flashcards
What is salmonella?
Acute diarrohea infection caused by ingestion of food contaminated with bacterium belonging to genus Salmonella
What are the clinical symptoms of salmonella?
(4 marks)
- Stomach cramp
- Watery diarrhea
- Fever
- Vomiting
Why can there be some peaks seen across the average of Salmonella infections in europe?
- Increase in temperature in summer
Is salmonella gram negative or gram positive bacteria?
Gram negative
What species of salmonella affects humans?
Salmonella enterica
What is a serotype?
(4 marks)
- Group with single species of micro-organisms that share distinctive surface features i.e. bacteria/virus
- O antigens are distinguished by different chemical makeup
- H antigens are distinguished by protein content of the flagella
- Each H and O antigen has a unique code number
What are some of the subspecies of S. enterica?
(3 marks)
- Enterica (I)
- Salamae (II)
- Indica (VI)
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What are the top five serotypes of S. enterica that are responsible for human disease?
(5 marks)
- S. Enteritidis
- S. Typhimurium
- S. Infantis
- S. Stanley
- S. Newport
What agar’s can be used to indentify S. enterica?
(2 marks)
- Gram negative bacterium so use:
- Xylose-lysine deoxycholate agar (XLD)
- Brilliant green agar (BGA)
XLD on left
What happens once salmonella is put onto XLD agar?
(4 marks)
- Ferments xylose
- In fermentation, acidifies plate becoming yellow
- After xylose completely used up, only salmonella able to decarboxylate lysine in middle so media turns red (alkalisation)
- Salmonella metabolises thiosulfate so get production of hydrogen sulfide (black colony on middle image)
E.g. is middle image - alkalisation in B and acidification in C
What is a faculative anaerobe?
(2 marks)
- Organism that makes ATP by aerobic respiration if oxygen is present,* but capable of *switching to fermentation is oxygen isn’t present
- e.g. Salmonella enterica - spread across test tube but will gather mostly at the top because aerobic respiration generates more ATP than fermentation (right tube)
What process (more so molecular) can be used to identify the exact serovar in S. enterica?
- Agglutination of polyvalent O and H
- Then carry out biochemical tests of Oxidase and Indole tests
What does an oxidase test determine?
(2 marks)
- Used to identify bacteria that produce cytochrome c
- Can be used to identify gram negative bacili
What is the indole test used to determine?
(2 marks)
Dertermines if an organism has the ability to split amino acid tryptophan to form indole - positive test is indicated by red colour
For both gram positive and gram negative bacteria
What are zoonoses?
(2 marks)
Any disease or infection that is naturally transmissable from vertebrate animals to humans
May be bacterial or parasitic or may involve unconventional agents