VIBRIONACEAE Flashcards
- Non intestinal pathogen
- Comma/curved-shaped bacillus
Vibrionaceae
Vibrionaceae
- Oxidase ___ - screening test for vibrio
- ____ anaerobe, motile
- ____ fermenter, String test ____
- LOA ___
- Halophilic EXCEPT V. ___ & V. ___
(+)
Facultative
Non lactose
(+)
(-)
cholerae and v. mimics
Darting motility
Rice watery stool
Cholera is the most severe form of gastroenteritis, can cause death
0129 Susceptibility Test
V. cholerae
V. cholerae
- ____ fermenter, ___ spore former, ___ halophilic
- Enrichment medium Culture:
- pH indicator:
non; non; non
TCBS
Bromothymol Blue
V. cholerae
- Virulence factor:
- Treatment:
- Resistant -
Cholera toxin
Doxycycline
azithromycin and ciprofloxacin
V. cholerae Subgroups (3)
V. cholerae 01 biotype
V. cholerae 0139
V. cholerae non-01
V. cholerae Subgroups that produces classical - early
pandemic; El tor - causes pandemic
V. cholerae 01 biotype
V. cholerae Subgroups that is bengal non toxigenic and don’t produce coloregen, similar to V. cholerae 01
V. cholerae 0139
Gastroenteritis
Isolate like contaminated sushi
Kanagawa Phenomenon - hemolysis production
Wagatsuma agar - used to see the hemolytic reaction
V. parahaemolyticus
Manifested in contaminated raw oysters
Can cause septicemia, wound infection
V. vulnificus
V. vulnificus
- ___ spore former
- Treatment:
non
Tetracycline
In V. vulnificus, 3 cause of necrotizing fasciitis:
- S. pyogenes
- Enterobacter
- Clostridium
Need high salt conc.
Common in marine environment
Causes wound and ear infection
V. alginolyticus
V. alginolyticus
- ___ fermenter
- TCBS:
- Strictly ____
sucrose
yellow colonies
halophilic
Bull’s eye colonies
Red Leg disease
Isolated in rivers, soil and marine environment
Sometimes can be mistaken as Vibrio
Aeromonas