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Characteristics of ENTEROBACTERIACEAE

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  • Non acid fast gram (-) baccili
  • Commonly present in large intestine
  • Non-spore forming gram – rods
  • all are glucose fermenters, reduces nitrates to nitrites, oxidase (-)
  • grows on bile containing agar
  • motile except Shigella & Klebsiella
  • non-capsulated except Kelbsiella
  • non sporeforming
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Cell wall -outer membrane of

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE

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LPS (heat stable)
– O polysaccharide
– Core polysaccharide
– Lipid A

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Lipid A

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outer wall coponent responsible for producing fever and shock; inflammatory effect

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Serological Identification of ENTEROBACTERIACEAE

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– O polysaccharide
– K antigen
– H proteins

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Virulence Factors of ENTEROBACTERIACEAE

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O antigen, or somatic antigen- heat stable
H antigen, or flagellar antigen- heat labile
K antigen, or capsular antigen - heat labile
LPS (Lipid A)

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Porins

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Found on the outer membrane of cell wall that acts as sieve, allowing water-soluble mol. to enter cell

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Lactose Fermenters Enterobacteriaceae

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E.coli & Escherichia, Klebsiella

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Late Lactose Fermenters Enterobacteriaceae

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Shigella sonnei

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Non-Lactose Fermenters Enterobacteriaceae

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Salmonella & Shigella

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MacConkey Agar

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  • bile containing agar
  • selective and differential culture medium for bacteria
  • designed to selectively isolate some Gram-positive and enteric
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Lactose fermenters:
morphology

E. COLI

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  • appear in single or pairs
  • motile by petrichate flagella
  • 1-3 x 0.4-0.7 microns
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Lactose fermenters: E.COLI

Culture characteristic

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  • grows between 10-40 c optimal at 37
  • grown in simple medium
  • large grayish, thick-white moist smooth opaque colonies
  • may sometimes contain capsule
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Lactose Fermenters in MacConkey Agar

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  • Briight Pink colonies
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Non- Lactose Fermenters in MacConkey Agar

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Colorless colonies

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Lactose fermenters: E.COLI

on Blood Agar

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  • many strains are haemolytic on blood agar
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Lactose fermenters: E.COLI

Biochemical Characteristics

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  • Glucose, lactose, mannitol, and lactose fermenters
  • Citrate/ urease not produced
  • A/G indole + methyl red + voges Proskauer
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Lactose fermenters: E.COLI

Antigenic structure

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K - capsular 100
H - flagellar 75
O - somatic 170
Virulence factors

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Antigen of Enterobacteriaceae that protects the bacteria from phagocytosis

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K antigen (capsular)

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Antigen of Enterobacteriaceae that is important in cases of UTI

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H antigen (flagellar spcifically fimbriae)

  • absent in Shigella spp.
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Antigen of Enterobacteriaceae that promotes endotoxic activity

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O antigen (somatic)

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Antigen of Enterobacteriaceae that is absent in shigella spp.

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H antigen

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Antigen of Enterobacteriaceae that present in extraintestinal infections caused by E. coli?

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K antigen (capsular)

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An isolated organism shows a negative lactose fermentation and negative in motility test. Which among the choices is the presumptive organism?

Salmonella spp.
Shigella spp.
Escherichia spp.

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Shigella spp

  • non lactose and non-motile

Escherichia is lactose fermenter
Salmonella is non-lactose fermenter but it is motile.

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Virulence factor of E.coli that is present in large numbers and can cause mannose sensitive haemagglutination

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Fimbriae

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What strain of E.coli produce enterotoxin
Enterotoxigenic strains (ETEC)
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E.coli produces these toxins which causes a movement of water and ions from the tissues to the bowel resulting in watery diarrhea
Enterotoxin
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Types of E.coli involved in different types of gastroenteritis
``` Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC)—STEC may also be referred to as Verocytotoxin-producing E. coli (VTEC) or enterohemorrhagic E. (EHEC) Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) ```
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Types of E.coli: Enteropathogenic EPEC
- EPEC 026/011 - produce Verocytotoxin - frequent in summer months - brush border of intestine is lost - Intimacin (EPEC adhesion factor)
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Types of E.coli: Identification Enteropathogenic EPEC
- serotyping for B and o ags. - routine culture for isolation - fails to ferment sorbitol
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Types of E.coli: Lab diagnosis Enteropathogenic EPEC
- Confirm (Polyvalent sera) - test sero groups w/ polyvalent and monovalent sera - HEp2 adherence
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Enteropathogenic EPEC adhesion factor
Intimacin
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Enterotoxigenic ETEC adhesion factos
Fimbriae specific receptors | CFA mortality in children
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Types of E.coli: Enterotoxigenic ETEC
- produce heat stable/ heat labile toxins - HL like cholera toxin - causes accumulation of fluids - adheres to epithelium of sm
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Types of E.coli: Lab diagnosis Enterotoxigenic ETEC
- Demonstration of Enterotoxin LT nd ST in tissue culture test - Passive agglutination test - Animal experiments in rabbit ileal loop test
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Types of E.coli: Enteroinvasive (EIEC)
- resembles shigella - non lactose fermenter & non-motile - penetrate HeLa cells
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Types of E.coli: Lab diagnosis Enteroinvasive (EIEC)
- Sereny test positive animal rabbit | - ELISA
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Type of E.coli that is non lactose fermenter and non-motile
ENTEROINVASIVE E. COLI (EIEC)
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Types of E.coli: Enterohemorrhagic (EHEC)
- produce verocytotoxin or shiga like toxin - hemorrhagic complication with 0157; H7 - present in human and animal feces - disease may manifest as food poisoning
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Type of E.coli that produces verocytotoxin
Enteropathogenic EPEC | Enterohemorrhagic (EHEC)
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Types of E.coli: Lab diagnosis Enterohemorrhagic (EHEC)
- DNA detection method - ctotoxic effects on vero cells - Detection w/ monovalent sera 0157/ h7
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Type of diarrhea associated with EIEC
- mild diarrhea to frank dysentery
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Type of diarrhea associated with ETEC
- travelers diarrhea | - present with nausea, vomiting and lose stool
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Type of diarrhea associated with EPEC
- diarrheal disease in children | - infantile enteritis
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Type of diarrhea associated with EHEC
- mild diarrhea; can be fatal hemorrhagic colitis and uremic syndrome
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Type of diarrhea associated with EAEC
- persistent diarrheal
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Types of E.coli: Enteroaggresive EAEC
- appear aggregated in S stacked brick formation hep-2 cell | - produce weight heat stable enterotoxin called as low molecular heat stable enterotoxin
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Types of E.coli: Lab diagnosis Enteroaggresive EAEC
- Stool culture | - Detection of Enterotoxin
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Leading cause of urinary tract infection which can lead to acute cystitis (bladder infection) and pyelonephritis (kidnet infection)
E. coli infections
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Specimen used for Culturing of E.coli
- Mid stream sample of urine - culture by standard loop method - Antibiotic sensitivity tested
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Which of the following choices grows on SMAC (MacConkey) Blood culture for EHEC Urine culture for EIEC Stool culture for EHEC Urine culture for EHEC
Stool culture for EHEC
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Most commonly islated spp of Klebsiella
K. pneumoniae
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Small cracks in the medium with black precipitates Which E coli strains causes infantile diarrhea? EHEC EPEC ETEC EAEC
EPEC
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Which member of Enterobacterales has a positive result on Neufeld Quellung test? * ``` Escherichia coli Proteus vulgaris Klebsiella pneumoniae Shigella dysenteriae Salmonella enteritidis ```
Klebsiella pneumoniae
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Lactose fermenters: Klebsiella morphology
- has polysaccharide capsule - has distinctive "yeasty" odor - non motile - has moist and mucoid in its colonies
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Enterobactericiae spp that is the frequent cause of nosomical pneumonia, speticemia, and meningitis
Klebsiella spp
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Lactose fermenters: Klebsiella Virulence factors
- capsule - adhesions - iron capturing ability
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Lactose fermenters: Klebsiella Significant biochemical reactions
- lactose positive - Citrate (+) - non motile - urease (+) - has both O and K antigens - LIA K/K
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Slow lactose fermenters: Serratia spp
- 7 spp. but S.marcescnes is the only clinically important - produce pink pigment esp. when cultures are left at room temp. - fairly resistant to antibiotics
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Non-lactose fermenters: Hafnia spp
- H.alvei is the only specie - occasionally isolated from stools - delayed citrate reaction is major characteristic
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pathogens of Enterobacteriaceae family that are part of normal intestinal flora---- also called as opporunistic pathogen
Proteus, Morganella, and Providencia spp. - they deaminate phenylalanine
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Non-lactose fermenters | Enterobacteriaceae
- Hafnia spp - Proteus - Morganella - Providencia -
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Non-lactose fermenters: Proteus spp. P. mirabilis P. vulgaris
- isolated from urine, wounds, and ear - both produces swarming colonies on non-selective media - distinctive "burned chocolate" odor - both urease (+) - both are phenylalanine deaminase (+)
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Widely recognized Proteus spp human pathogens
P. mirabilis | P. vulgaris
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Non-lactose fermenters: Proteus spp. Biochemical characteristic
A- exhibits "swarming" | B shows urease (+) on right
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Non-lactose fermenters: Morganella spp.
- Morganella morganii is the only specie - urease (+) - phenylalanine deaminase (+) - isolated from other anatomical sites
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Non-lactose fermenters: Providencia rettgeri
- pathogen of urinary tract and has caused nosomical outbreaks - phenylalanine deaminase (+)
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Non-lactose fermenters: Providencia stuartii
- can cause nosomical outbreaks in BURN units nad has been isolated from urine - phenylalanine deaminase (+)
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Late lactose fermenters: Citrobacter spp.
- C. freundii - resembles salmonell spp. - hydrolyze urea slowly - differentiated by their ability to convert tryptophan to indole
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A magenta color develops after incubating inoculated bacteria throughout the medium for urea utilization. Which species would give such a result? * ``` Providencia spp. Pasteurella spp. Hemophilus spp. Pseudomonas spp. Proteus spp. ```
Proteus spp.
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