Vibrio Flashcards
species has been associated with large epidemics and bandencs
Vibrio
infections may play a role in Guillain-Barre (gbs) which occurs when the immune system harms the body’s nerves, leading to paralysis
Campylobacter
can cause ulcers and is linked to
gastric carcinoma
Helicobacter pylori
is commonly found in a wide variety of aquatic
environments, including fresh water, brackish or estuarine water, and marine or salt water
Vibrio
Most commonly isolated species in vibrionaceae
- Vibrio cholerea
- Vibrio parahaemolyticus
- Vibrio vulnificus
- Vibrio alginolyticus
Vibrio: MICROSCOPIC MORPHOLOGY
Curved (comma)
Asporogenous (nonspore)
In broth - possess polar, sheathed flagella
In solid media - peritrichous, unsheathed flagella
Vibrio clinical manifestation
- consumption of raw seafood
- immigration or foreign travel
- Gastroenteritis with cholera-ke or rice-water
Stool - AccIdental trauma incurred during contact associated water
Does not grow on MAC and glucose fermenter
Vibrio
Routine media used in vibrio
Thiosulfate-citrate-bile salts-sucrose agar (TCBS)
Vibrio general characteristics
- Observed as a mucoid “stringing”
- halophilic or “salt-loving” (except v. Cholorea and v. Mimicus)
- Require the addition of sodium
- Glucose fermenter
- Does not grow mac
- facultative anaerobe
- catalase negative (v. Metschnikovii)
- oxidase positive (v. Metschnikovii)
- reduce nitrate to nitrite
Serotype of india
Ogawa
Serotype of Philippine
Inaba
Serotype of japan
Hikojima
causative agent of cholera
Vibrio cholerea O1 (asiatic cholera or epidemic cholera
is a disease of major public health significance for centuries.
Cholera
in what place do cholera prevalent in the
Bengal region of india and bangladesh
Spread through contaminated water
Cholera
The disease manifests in acute cases as a severe gastroenteritis accompanied by vomiting and followed by diarrhea
Cholera
Rice watery stool contain
Mucus flecks
cholera responsible for
cholera toxin or choleragen (powerful enterotoxin)
Treatment and management for cholera
Intravenous and oral fluid
Cholera Can be shorten by antibiotics such as
Azithromycin and ciprofloxacin
Two types of Cholera:
- Classical type of cholera
- El tor type of cholera
Commonlv known as Summer Diarrhea in Japan
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Second most common Vibrio species implicated in gastroenteritis
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
What type of vibrio is self-limited disease
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Vibrio parahaemolyticus symptoms begin hours after ingestion of contaminated seafooc
24-48 hours
Produces a heat-stable hemolysin that is able to lyse human erythrocytes in a special, high salt mannitol medium
Kanagawa-toxin positive
What meduim is used in kanagawa-toxin positive
Wagatsuma agar
Least pathogenic; most frequently isolated
Vibrio alginolyticus
Two categories of infection: primary septicemia and wound infections
Vibrio vulnificus
Transport media for vibrio spp.
Carry-blair media