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Unit 4 - Enterics Flashcards

1
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What shape are Enterobacteriaceae

A

GNR
Straight Rods

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2
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What orgs are straight rods

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Enterobacteriaceae (enterics)
Non-fermentative GNR

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3
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What orgs are curved rods

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Vibrio and relatives

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4
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What orgs are bacilli to coccobacilli, fastidious

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Haemophilus

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5
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What orgs are unusual, fastidious rods

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The Ella sisters
(eg. pasteurella)

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6
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Where are enterics found?

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Everywhere
“Ubiquitous”

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7
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Where is Enterobacteriaceae found as normal flora?

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Bowel of humans and animals

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8
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Oxidase result of Enterics family

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Negative

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9
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What sugar do all enterics ferment?

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Glucose

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10
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What do all enterics reduce?

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NitrATES to nitrITES

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11
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What plates do all enterics grow on?

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Non-enriched media

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12
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What kind of oxygen environment do enterics require?

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Facultative anaerobes
(can grow with or without oxygen)

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13
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Do enterics form spores?

A

No,
non-spore formers

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14
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What enterics are OPPORTUNISTIC

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“run of the mill” E. coli
Klebsiella
Enterobacter
Serratia
Proteus

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15
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Where are opportunistic enterics found?

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Normal flora of the bowel (large intestine)

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16
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Where are opportunistic enterics capable of escaping to to cause disease

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Blood
Surgical wounds
Urinary Tract

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17
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Which enterics are strict pathogens

A

Salmonella
Shigella
Yersinia
Some strains of E. coli (O157:H7)

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18
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Enterics virulence factors

A

Adherence
Colonizing ability
Toxins
Invasiveness

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19
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Antigenic structure of Enterics

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O Ag
H Ag
K Ag

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20
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O antigens

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Cell wall antiens
Somatic antigens
Heat stabile

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21
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H antigens

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Flagella antigens
Only in motile species
Heat labile

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22
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K antigens

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Polysaccharide capsule
Heat labile
Only in some species (ex. S. typhi)

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23
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What medias are used to ISOLATE

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TSA with SBA - Non-selective, enriched, differential
MAC - Selective & Differential
EMB - Selective & Differential

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24
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What tube medias are used to IDENTIFY
XXXXXX FIX XXXXXX

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(Biochemical)
TSI
LIA
Urea
Citrate
(Enzyme production detection)

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25
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How do enteric colonies appear on SBA?

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Large, dirty, gray
Not distinct
Maybe slimy
SOMETIMES hemolytic

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26
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How do you assess an enteric based on hemolysis?

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You don’t
Not critical for ID

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27
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How is MAC Selective and differential?

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Selective for GNR
Differential for lactose or non-lactose fermentation

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28
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how are EMB Selective and differential?
XXXX CONFIRM ANS XXXX

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Selective for GNR
Differential for Lactose fermentation or H2S production

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29
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Is E. coli normal flora?

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Yes, in bowel

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30
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How does E. coli look like on the plate

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Dirty gray colony
Beta Hemolytic
Pink - MAC
Metallic Green - EMB

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31
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What organism is characteristic based on its metallic green sheen on EMB?

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E. coli

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32
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What organism is characteristic for possible B hemolysis

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E. coli

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33
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What organism is a slow lactose fermenter?

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E. coli

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34
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Is E. coli a lactose fermenter?

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No, not always

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35
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What are key biochemical reactions for E. coli

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Indole positive
Methyl red positive

36
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What diseases are caused by garden variety E. coli

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Uncomplicated UTIs
Septicemia
Menigitis (esp. in newborns)

37
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Is Klebsiella normal flora?

A

Yes, of bowel

38
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What diseases does Klebsiella cuse

A

UTI
Opportunistic infections
Pneumonia (K. pneumoniae)

39
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Does Klebsiella ferment lactose?

A

Yes, always

40
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Key biochemical reactions of Klebsiella

A

Citrate positive
MG neg
VP pos
Indole neg (except K. oxytoca)
Ornithine decarboxylase neg
Non-motile

41
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SKY
XXXX FINISH XXXXX

A

Non-motile in Klebsiellae tribe
S-
K- Klebsiella
Y- Yersinia

42
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Is enterobacter normal flora

A

Yes, bowel

43
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What diseases does Enterobacter cause

A

Septicemia
UTIs

44
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Does Enterobacter ferment lactose?

A

Yes

45
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Is Enterobacter motile?

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Yes

46
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How does klebsiella appear on plate

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Mucoid, slimy

47
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How does enterobacter look like on a palte

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Mucoid, slimy, less than klebsiella

48
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Biochemical reactions of Klebsiella

A

Ornithine positive
MR negative
VR positive

49
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Is serratia normal flora?

A

Yes of bowel

50
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Where is serratia commonly isolated from?

A

Nosocomial infections

51
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What organism is very resistant to antibiotics?

A

Serratia

52
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What are lab characteristics of serratia

A

Slow lactose fermenter
ONPG positive (way to detect if it can ferment lactose at all)
Pigmented salmon to orange color
DNase positive

53
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What organism is pigmented salmon to orange color

A

Serratia

54
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What organism In the klebsiellae family is Dnase positive

A

Serratia

55
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Proteeae = PPM Family

A

Proteus
Providencia
Morganella

56
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Are PPM normal flora?

A

Yes, bowel

57
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What is a specific PPM feature

A

Deamination of amino acids (phenylalanine and lysine)

58
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What are the only genera of enterics that can deaminate amino acids

A

PPM

59
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Do PPM ferment lactose

A

No, none

60
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Do PPM ferment sucrose

A

Some

61
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What diseases does proteus cause

A

UTI
Wound infection
Burns
Swimmers ear

62
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What does proteus look like on a plate

A

Swarming on SBA (not all)

63
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Key reactions of Proteus sp.

A

Quickly urease pos
Deamination of a.a.
Motile
H2S production

64
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2 most common proteus species?

A

P. mirabilis
P. vulgaris

65
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How to differentiate between P. mirabilis and P. vulgaris

A

mirabilis - Indole neg
vulgaris - indole pos

66
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Providencia sp. key reactions

A

ALL indole positive
H2S negative
No swarming

67
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What is the only species of morganella

A

Morganella morganii

68
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What are the key reactions of M. morganii

A

Same as providencia

69
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Escherichieae Tribe

A

E. coli
Shigella

70
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Klebsiellae tribe

A

Klebsiella
Enterobacter
Serratia

71
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Citrobacteriaceae Tribe

A

Citrobacter
(used to contain Salmonella, Citrobacter, Arizona)

72
Q

Where is Citrobacter isolated from

A

UTIs

73
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Citrobacter lab characteristics

A

H2S production
Urea - positive
Lysine decarboxylation - Positive
Lactose fermentation - Pos

74
Q

What tests are used to differentiate Citrobacter from Salmonella

A

urea
lysine decarboxylation
lactose fermentation

75
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Where is Salmonella carried

A

Humans AND animals
Chicken, turkeys
Eggs
Dairy

76
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What does Salmonella cause

A

Gasteroenteritis - non-typhoid species
Typhoid fever - Salmonella enterica ser. Typhi

77
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What Salmonella sp. is carried in humans only?

A

S. enterica serotype Typhi

78
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Where is Shigella carried

A

Only humans

79
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What does Shigella cause

A

Bacillary dysentery
- Invasive disease of bowel
- Mucous and blood in stool

80
Q

Where is shigella transmitted

A

Day cares
Close quarters
Unsanitary conditions

81
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Where is Yersinia carried

A

Animals

82
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What does yersinia cause

A

Gastroenteritis - Y. enterocolitica
Abdominal infections of lymph nodes - Y. pseudotuberculosis
Plague - Y. pestis

83
Q

Salmonella enterica 6 subspecies

A

I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IV, VI

84
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Most human pathogens are in what subspecies of Salmonella?

A

Subspecies I
(S. enterica subsp. enterica)

85
Q

Two species of Salmonella

A

S. enterica
S. bongori

86
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A

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