Week 11 - Anaerobes Flashcards

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What do aerobic and faculatative anerobes have to protect them from superoxide anions and their toxic derivatives

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superoxide dimutase and/or catalase where are anaerobes have neither

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where are anerobes found

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-environment soil and water
-NF - places where oxygen exposure is minimal most in like GI tract, genital tract or skin
-when other facultative orgs are in the same environment it helps to reduce O2 availability

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What are the characteristics of a anerobic infection

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-polymicrobic where both aerobes and anaerobes work together to cause disease
-smells bad
- necrotic tissue blocks blood flow and allows the anaerobes to grow
-caused by both endogenous and exogenous bacteria

Obligate and strict = dies upon O2 exposure
aerotolerant - what we use in the labs for testing **

Clostridium novei - control org for ana gas pak

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What are endogenous infections

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-grow from own flora = GI tract, gingival crevices around teeth , skin and glands

-the infection will occur close to where the bacteria is found = deep wound infection occurring after surgery or septicemia after dental work
-reduced blood flow = reduced oxygen tension perfect anerobe growing conditions
-ABotic treatment for aerobes can also allow anaerobe growth

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What are exogenous infections

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-from environment = soil
- caused by spore bearers Clostridia = contamination of trauma or puncture wound
tentanus , animal bites, septic abortion and gangrene

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What are some predisposed conditions that can cause anaerobe associated infections

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-bites
-vomit in lungs
-oral cavity puncture - dental
-GI tract puncture

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how will we know an infection in close to the mucosal surface or area of NF

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-odor
-large amount of gas (gas gangrene due to clostridium)
-black color or red fluorescence
-sulfur granules
-gram will show PMN leukocytes but if you dont see them that okay too because C perfringens produce enzymes that destroy neutrophils and macrophages

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What is clostridium ?
found?

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Anaerobic Gram Positive Bacilli
-large GPB
-pathogenic due to exotoxins
-produces spores -terminal (swelling in the end) and subterminal (swelling in middle)

found in
-soil, dust, water
-GI tract and genital tract

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Clostridium tentani

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ANA GPB

found :
-soil, manure
-spores can survive many years

-not invasive and must be inoculated aka puncture wound
-produces exotoxin at site which spreads through the body
-the exotoxin is the one that causes the symptoms its a neurotoxin not the bacteria

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C . tetani – Clinical Significance

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  • convulsive muscle contractions
    -head and legs back = risus sardonicus with lock jaw
    -death from resp failure
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C. tetani: Laboratory Diagnosis

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  • grows on BA anaerobic conditions as fine film over the agar and looks like its not inoculated
    -spready and thin
    -motile
    -detect with biochem kits, molecular or GLC

box car GBP= round terminal spores = drumstick

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Clostridium tetani
prevention and treatment

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prevention
-tetanus TOXID vaccine containing inactivated tetanus toxin stimulating the body to make AB to toxin
-ARTIFICIAL ACTIVE LONG LASTING

Treatment
-antitoxin injection = pre formed AB to neutralized the toxin
ARTIFICAL PASSIVE SHORT

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Clostridium botulinum

Clinical Significance:

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-food intoxication
-poorly canned foods or stored food - toxin is produced - baby food, bar clams
-meat fish, beans
-acidic foods will not support growth
-infant instances after ingesting honey with spores = hypotonia no muscles
-in botox
-flaccid paralysis - relives muscle opposite to c tetani

most lethal bacterial poison known
-odorless, tasteless
-attacks CNS causing paralysis
-affects respiratory muscles like heart - cardiac arrest
-destroyed by heat - after boiling 15 mins
-possible bioterrorism
-three types of effects : food borne, wound and infant botulism

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Laboratory Diagnosis and treatment

Clostridium botulinum

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-oval subterminal spores
-motile
-GLC
-in Ba ANA large grey irregular, grainy and filamentous border

treat
Botulinum antitoxin neutralizes the toxin

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Clostridium perfringens
Clinical Significance:

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-found in soil
-readily contaminates wounds and food
-produces exotoxin that causes the death of local tissue producing alpha and beta toxin = double zone
-food intoxication and mild necrosis (gas gangrene)
-production of gangrene - bubble because muscle sugars start fermenting under the skin
-if there is food poisoning its mild and self resolving
-not invasive its the toxin and necrosis . once the bacteria in the area and system is cleared the infection leaves too
-infection cant jump from one area to the next

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Clostridial myonecrosis caused by

Clostridium perfringens

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especially in those with restricted blood flow to limbs like diabetics
-needs debridement in the area if not cleaned then you need to amputate
-better prognosis if the infection is away from organs aka lower extremities
-toxins dont get far unless its gotten into the blood stream

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Actinomyces
significance

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-actis = ray beam and mykes = mucus
-relationship with long term IUD users
-causing draining sinuses with ppt yellow colonies = sulphur granules surrounded by PMNs which you crush and gram
-occurs from tooth abscess or extraction where the endogenous infection causes a suppurative infection - actinomycosis
-lumpy jaw - secondary to trauma or dental procedure
-abcesses are not kept at the jaw they can spread to the abdomen and thoracic area
-treatment with penicillin after lesions are drained
-can travel to areas nearby causing neck abcess

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Actinomyces
lab diagnosis

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-short branching GPB- rod
-NF in mouth and intestinal tract
-lab must be told specifically to culture
-like a starburst
-colonies look like molar tooth and are slow growing
-culture for 7 days

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Laboratory Diagnosis
Clostridium difficile

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-isolated from stool
-large flat colonies
-barnyard odor
-chartreuse fluorescence
-Toxin in stool is most important
-ELISA - similar to pregnancy test look for the AG on the org and the tox (need two tests to detect pathogenic clostridium because it can be NF)
-if pos for AG and neg for TOX = org is not the problem
- if pos for both AG and TOX then it the issue
-PCR also done
-Gram = thin large GPB spore forming
-anaerobe
-no hemolysis

Treatment
-Vanc or Metronidazole (treat anaerobes)

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Lab Diagnosis
Clostridium perfringens

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-target
-lots of spore
-anaerobe
-double zone inner due to 0 (theta) toxin and outer due to alpha toxin
-non motile
-reverse CAMP positive - this is the differentiating test from other Clostridium
-GLC
-BOX CAR LOOK
- semi opaque , shiny
-lecithinase pos on egg yolk agar

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Clostridium difficile

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-can occur after using broad spectrum AB as it kills all NF in the bowel allowing pseudomembranous colitis to grow
-cytotoxin overgrowth produces the strain C diff
-causes severe diarrhea and tissue
necrosis
-nocosomial
-infection in large intestine
-high mortality

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Propionibacterium

found
gram?

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-called cutibacterium
NF on skin
-most common ANA now called Cutibacterium acnes
-contaminant in cultures or spinal fluids
-causes acne
-causes brain abscess

Gram: Pleomorphic GPB - curved; coryneform bacilli
-on direct sample there will a variation - cocci or bacilli
On anaerobic BA: small opaque, white, circular
Cat + (we dont do catalase on anaerobes because they need air but if you do you need to leave it for 10-15 mins before you do the test need to expose to air and has the catalase enzyme),
-indole POSITIVE (P.acnes)

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Bacteroides fragilis group
significance

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anaerobe
-NF in oral cavity, GI tract , found in poop
-most common genus that causes human infection
-can be mixed with other infections
-intra-abdominal and pelvic abscess, liver abscess, brain abscess

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Laboratory Diagnosis
Bacteroides fragilis group

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-Small GNB or GNCB with rounded ends; look vacuolated - not spores the bubble at the end is a vacule
-Anaerobic
-pleomorphic
-grows in presence of 20% bile any inhibition is sensitive**
-hydrolyses esculin **
-catalase positive
-grows on kanamycin-Vancomycin-laked blood selective agar
-turns BBE medium brown to black - diff from enterococci

resistant to Kanamycin and Vancomycin

shiny or dull, brown black entire edge only young colonies will fluoresce under woods

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Prevotella species
-NF of oropharynx, nose, GIT and urogential tract -associated with disease in head, neck and oral cavity -Species associated with human disease: P. melaninogenica, P. intermedia, P. bivia, P. nigrescens, and P. disiens
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what does a mixed infection with prevotella occur
-necrotizing fascitis can occur in those that used drugs -when mixed with Strep milleri (part of anginosis group) -can occur when pt greases or licks the needle before injection -abscess formation with mixed anaerobes
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Prevotella spp - Lab Diagnosis
-growth on BA and KVL -Anaerobic -slow grower - days to weeks -saccharolytic -fluoresces brick red under UV light -pigmented -black or brown -catalase negative -NG in 20% bile -Eschulin - NEGATIVE -GNB -anaerobe
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Porphyromonas clinical significance
used to be called bacteroides -NF in oropharynx, URT, GIT and Urogental tract -causes pulmonary head, neck and oral cavity -associated with human periodontal disease
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Porphyromonas – Lab Diagnosis
-slow grower -similar to provetella -Anaerobic -fluoresces brick red under UV light -older culture look black -ASACCHAROLYTIC - does not use sugars -bile esculin negative - diff test -NG in 20% bile -diff test -Inhibited by penicillin, kanamycin, rifampin and vancomycin
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Comparing Porphyromonas and Prevotella, what differentiates them in the lab
Porphyromonas is asaccharolytic while Prevotella is saccharolytic
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Fusobacterium sp. significance
Fusobacterium nucleatum -anaerobe -NF in URT, GIT, urinary tract -causes sinus and dental infections, brain abscesses, pulmonary infections and blood infection
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Fusobacterium species lab diagnosis
-Anaerobic -Long spindle-shaped GNB with pointed ends -growth on BA incubated Ana look like BREAD CRUMBS -tiny zone AH - green -if every exposed to air itll die -slow grower -convex , raised opaque, dry bread crumb
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Mobiluncus species clinical significance
-Anaerobic -NF in female genital tract -found in synergy with other orgs in bacterial vaginosis -small, curved, Gram-negative (Gram-variable) bacilli -hard to isolate -usually in mixture seen through a stain
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Gram Positive Anaerobic Cocci - GPAC significance
-NF of GIT, female genital tract and oral cavity -Genera include Peptostreptococcus, Finegoldia, Parvimonas -most common cause of anerobic infections -brain abscesses, intra abdominal wound infections , lung and pelvic infections -POLYMICROBIAL INFECTIONS
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Finegoldia magnus found where type of grower
GPAC - Anaerobic -most pathogenic of anaerobic cocci and most frequently isolated -NF of skin microbiota -Opportunistic - degrades collagen in skin -isolated from wound, chronic wound (diabetic or pressure ulcers), soft tissue abscess and prosthetic joint infection -slow growing 2-5 days -PPT on ANA blood -slow grower 2-5 days -MALDI
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Parvimonas micra
-predominant GPAC -ORAL microdata -increased with periodontal trauma -small zone in SPS disc no ZOI Anaerobic
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Peptostreptococcus anaerobius
GPAC -BPC long Chains -Anaerobic -obligate anaerobe -slow growing; needs 48 hours for recognizable -presumptive = Sensitive to sodium polyanethol sulfonate (SPS) with ZOI >12mm -small ppt on ana BA
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Veillonella
-Anaerobic small GNC -NF in GIT, oral cavity and female genital tract -rarely implicated in disease -isolation and ID not attempted often
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Culturing Specimens for Anaerobes COLLECTION AND TRANSPORT
- anaerobes are found in URT, GIT and female genital tract and skin -doing anaerobic culture in these areas are not appropriate -try not to contaminate -swabs of these areas are discouraged but cant be avoided so transport them in media -needle aspirates with cap -collect aseptically from deep wounds and abscess nothing superficial -curetting or tissue -gauze from draining sinus if Actinomyces - sulfur granules -send to lab in 20 mins -dont refrigerate as anaerobes can be killed off in the cold
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Macroscopic Examination of anaerobic specimen
-before culture look for: -odor -gas -discharge -pus or blood -necrotic tissue
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Microscopic Examination anaerobic specimen
-use carbol fuchsin rather that safranin in negatives - makes the bacteria brighter -methanol fixing is better than heat fixing -methanol preserves cell integrity
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what type of plate would be best suited for anaerobes
-fresh plate of a prereduced plate so the presence of oxygen is reduced -anaerobic media can have Vit K, hemin, laked blood, yeast extract and 1-cystine
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What is anaerobic selective media
PEA (phenyl ethyl alcohol) added to BA and inhibits facultative gram neg - like a CNA -always have a series of plates to determine what the org is -Kanamycin and Vancomycin in KVL are added to anaerobic basal media selecting for bacteroides -make sure to use BA and MAC to detect facultative or aerobic bacteria in the sample
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What is Brucella agar
- enriched agar with hemin and Vit K which supports bacteroides and Gram Pos growth -Whole blood is used to determine hemolysis
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Culture Media – Tube for anaerobes
-fluid or broth media -Thioglycolate broth - a reducing agent that maintains lowered oxygen tension -shows what the preferred environment for the org Resazurin - redox indicator that tells if there is O2 (pink) or no (no pink) Vit K and hemin - reduces inhibitory effect of thioglycolate on some anaerobes
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Cooked Meat (or Chopped Meat) glucose
-contains reducing agent glutathione and glucose -supplemented with Vit K and hemin -turbid if inoculated -used specifically for C perfringens -good for anaerobes
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how will anaerobes be incubated gas pak
- GasPak that produces hydrogen gas that mixes with O2 to form water -methylene blue indicator ; blue when oxygenated and colorless under ANO2 -the whole tube can be placed in O2 incubator -anaerobic atmospher will be produced in hours -sachet has inorganic carbon, activated carbon, ascorbic acid and water which all becomes activated when exposed to air
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how will the Identification flow work
-Gram -**test for aerotolerance for every org that grows on an ANA plate. -Subculture suspect colonies from Brucella plate onto CHOC (co2) (helps with fastidious) and BA for (ANA) -see what it grows on PROVES ANA -next test is discs - gram stain helps to choose the disc if small GNB a potential ana use the 20% bile disk (can do with the aerotolerance disk but put the bile disk on the primary quad of the blood agar) -with ANA GPC same use an SPS disk with aerotolerance on primary quad -for large GPB NO DISK - GRAM, AEROT TEST and REVERSE CAMP (if neg then grouped as OTHER ANA GNB) -for ANA GNC gram , aerot test and prove its ana -Haemophilus flu will grow on anaerobically incubated Brucella agar but can be differentiated from an anaerobe by growth on CHOC plate from CO2 incubator -ID disks: Potency discs/MicroRing or Anident, SPS, Bile -Catalase -Spot indole -Reverse CAMP test -Fluorescence
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how to use the Identification Discs – Special Potency Antimicrobial discs
FOR ANIDENT discs -using known susceptibility patterns to identify orgs -streak no incubation -GNB mainly -streak for lawn of growth on BA, put discs on plate and incubate anaerobically -B fragilis is S to rifampin and R to Kanamycin, Penicillin, Vanc, and Colistin GP are Vanc-S and Colistin - R GN are Vanc -R and Colistin -S SPS disc -place in primary quad of AEROT -streak with 2 quad method and look for ZOI >12mm is S (anaerobius) -all other GPC ANA are R
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What is the reverse CAMP
-when alpha toxin of C prefingens interacts with the CAMP factor of Group B strep to enhance hemolysis -other Clostridium spp dont show this -streak strep agalactiae through the middle and streak perpendicular but dont touch IT -alpha factor interacts with the CAMP factor and diffuses into the agar and creates an arrowhead hemolysis
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Susceptibility testing of anaerobe
-not usually done on slow growers -MICE has been used -follow CSLI for broth dilution adn micro dilution -B. fragilis needs brucella broth with lysed horse blood -penicillin not effective against Bacteroides -Erythromycin not effective against Fusobacterium -Vancomycin effective against gram positive
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Preferred Antibiotics For Suspected Anaerobic Infections Above the Diaphragm Below the Diaphragm Everywhere
Above the Diaphragm Clindamycin Below the Diaphragm Metronidazole Everywhere B-Lactam/combos Carbapenems Moxifloxacin