Unit 3- Brucella Flashcards
Brucella
Coccobacillus, single cells, gram neg, aerobes, catalase oxidase and urea +, non motile, intracellular, bioterrorism agent
Brucella Nomenspecies Differentiation
Biochemical reactivity, biotyping by aniline dyes, antigen composition, bacteriophage susceptibility, DNA specificity
Horse Brucella Species
B. abortus
Pig Brucella Species
B suis
Dog Brucella Species
B canis
Cattle Brucella Species
B abortus and suis
Sheep Brucella Species
B melitensis and ovis
Goat Brucella Species
B melitensis
Brucella Intracellular Activity
Facultative intracellular pathogen, inhibits phagosome-lysosome fusion, replicates in macrophages
Smooth Nomenspecies
B abortus, melitensis, neotomae, and suis, O antigen involved in agglutination
Rough Nomenspecies
B canis and ovis, rough LPS lacks O antigen
Brucellosis Transmission
Carrier animals, ingestion most common, veneral or congenital
Zoonotic Species
B abortus, melitensis, suis, and canis
Brucella abortus
Ingestion, venereal, intra-mammary and congenital transmission, some cattle resistant to infection
B abortus Pathogenesis
Penetrates mucous membranes, localize in lymph nodes, phagocytosis by neutrophils and macrophages, bacteremia, proliferates in cells with erythritol
B abortus Disease
Abortion at end of first pregnancy, placental thickening, necrosis of cotyledons, edematous fetus