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  • slender, slightly curved or straight rods
  • non-motile, non-spore-forming
  • cell wall has high lipid content (mycolic acid)
  • acid-fast (resist gram stain)
  • aerobic
  • require complex media
  • slow growers (2-6 weeks)
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Mycobacteria

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Mycobacteria media

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complex media that supresses normal flora and pathogens

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Two major Mycobacteria groups

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  • M. tuberculosis complex

- Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTMs) or MOTT (Mycobacteria other than tubercle bacillus)

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex

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  • US pathogens: M. tuberculosis, M. bovis

- Other: M. africanum, M. canettii, M. microti, M. leprae

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Primary tuberculosis

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  • transmitted by airborne droplet
  • infect deep lung (alveoli)
  • bacteria phagocytosed and multiply intracellularly
  • T cells sensitize after 4-6 weeks
  • Regression and healing of primary lesion
  • Positive tuberculin skin test
  • Kids: nonproductive cough
  • Adults: small % develop progressive pulmonary disease
  • reactivation can occur
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Reactivation TB

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  • alteration or suppression of cellular immune system
  • fever, shortness of breath, night sweats, chills, fatigue, etc.
  • 20% asymptomatic
  • eventually productive cough, chest pain
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M. tuberculosis Complex (clinical diseases)

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  • Primary tuberculosis
  • Reactivation TB
  • Chronic disease
  • Extrapulmonary TB
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Chronic M. tuberculosis complex disease

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  • fibrosis
  • calcifications
  • complications (empyema, pleural fibrosis, etc.)
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Extrapulmonary TB

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  • miliary TB (lungs to bloodstream to other organs)
  • mostly in kids and HIV patients
  • Pleural (cough, fever, chest pain)
  • Lymphadenitis
  • Gastrointestinal
  • Skeletal TB of the spine (Pott’s disease)
  • Meningeal (meningitis)
  • Peritoneal
  • Genitourinary TB
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  • slow growing
  • raised, dry, rough colonies
  • nonpigmented
  • cord factor
  • grow best at 35-37C
  • positive niacin accumulation
  • reduces nitrate
  • nucleic acid probe available
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M. tuberculosis

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Cord factor

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  • toxic to our cells

- inhibits PMN migration

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TB treatment

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  • 9 month course of therapy
  • isoniazid and rifampin
  • maybe streptomycin or ethambutol
  • drug combo if resistant
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Mutlidrug-resistant TB

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second-generation aminoglycosides and fluoroquinolones

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Extensively drug-resistant TB

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drug combos

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M. bovis

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  • cattle and humans
  • transmitted via ingestion of contaminated milk or airborne
  • closely resembles TB
  • low rate in US
  • very slow growing
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NTMs

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  • soil and water sources
  • opportunistic (lung disease, ICPs)
  • resembles TB, some may be cutaneous
  • no person-to-person transmission
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M. avium complex (MAC complex)

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  • M. avium and M. intracellulare
  • most common NTM causing TB in the US
  • slow growing, nonpigmented
  • soil and water sources
  • disease in swine and poultry
  • large increase in number of isolates due to HIV patients developing AIDS (most common systemic disease)
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M. avium complex (biochemical tests)

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  • inactive in most tests
  • produce heat-stable catalase
  • grow in media containing T2H
  • Nucleic acid probes available to identify
  • treatment based on empiric data, not susceptibility/ID
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Other Slow-growing species

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M. paratuberculosis
M. kansasii
M. genavense
M. haemophilum
M. malmoense
M. marinum
M. scrofulaceum
M. simiae
M. szulgai
M. ulcerans
M. xenopi
M. gordonae
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M. paratuberculosis

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  • Johne’s disease

- niacin -, nitrate -, tween 80 -

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M. kansasii

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  • 2nd most common NTM causing lung disease in US
  • CHRONIC PULMONARY DISEASE
  • occasionally extrapulmonary
  • photochromogenic
  • catalase +, Tween 80 +
  • reduces nitrate
  • pyrazinamidase production
  • nucleic acid probe available
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Slow growing ID

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  • slow growth with smooth to rough colonies
  • wavy edges and dark centers
  • photoreactivity
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Photochromogens

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  • photoreactivity

- carotene pigment upon exposure to light

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Scotochromogens

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  • photoreactivity

- produce a pale yellow to orange color in dark or light

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Non chromogenic
- photoreactivity | - buff or lack of color
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M. genavense
- disseminated AIDS infection - enteritis, genital, soft tissue - SQ and heat-stable catalase +, pyrazinamidase +, urease +
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M. haemophilum
- ICPs - submandibular lymphadenitis, subcutaneous nodules, painful swellings, ulcers, abscesses, draining fistulas - requires hemoglobin or hemin
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M. malmoense
- chronic pulmonary disease | - cervical lymphadenitis
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M. marinum
- cutaneous infections - due to contact with saltwater or inadequately chlorinated freshwater - "swimming pool granuloma"
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M. scrofulaceum
- cervical lymphadenitis in kids - smooth colonies with dense centers - light yellow to deep orange pigment - Tween 80 -, don't reduce nitrate - urease +, high SQ catalase
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M. simiae
- pulmonary disease - phochromogenic - niacin +
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M. szulgai
- pulmonary disease - similar to TB - photochromogenic - Tween 80 +, reduces nitrate - inhibited by NaCl
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M. ulcerans
- nodule developing into a severe shallow ulcer - nonchromogenic buff colonies - heat-stable catalase
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M. xenopi
- hot and cold-water taps, birds - pulmonary infection in patients with predisposing condition - scotochromogenic - niacin - , reduce nitrate
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M. gordonae
- tap water and soil sources - "tap water" bacillus - nucleic acid probe available
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Rapidly Growing Species
M. chelonae M. fortuitum M. smegmatis
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M. chelonae
- M. abscessus group - opportunistic - more drug resistance than M. fortuitum - positive 3-day arylsulfatase test - growth on Mac without crystal violet - doesn't reduce nitrate
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M. fortuitum
- localized infections of skin and soft tissues - positive 3-day arylsulfatase test - reduces nitrate
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M. smegmatis
- rare cases of pulmonary, skin, soft tissue and bone infections - nonpigmented colonies - negative arylsulfatase test - reduces nitrate - grows on Mac w/o crystal violet
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M. leprae
- Hansen's disease (leprosy) - Tuberculoid leprosy and Lepromatous leprosy - person-to-person transmission - low infection rate - can't be cultured in vitro - armadillos and foot pads of white mice
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Tuberculoid leprosy
- skin lesions and nerve involvement | - spontaneous recovery
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Lepromatous leprosy
- skin lesions | - progressive nerve damage
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Safety when working with Mycobacteria
- ventilation separate from rest of lab - biological safety cabinet - disinfectants - PPE
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Mycobacteria specimen collection
- Respiratory specimens - sputum (expectorated or induced) - early morning specimen on 3 consecutive days (2 out of 3 positive is confirmatory) - gastric aspirate, urine, stool, blood, body fluids, tissue
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Digestion/decontamination of specimens
- liquefy sample through digestion of proteinaceous material - allow chemical decontaminating agent to contact and kill the non-mycobacterial organisms - mycobacteria survive chemical treatment because of high lipid content in cell walls - liquefying mucin allows mycobacteria to utilize nutrients
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Specimens that need digestion and decontamination
sputum, gastric washing, BAL, bronchial washings, transtracheal aspirate
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Specimens that only need decontamination
urine, autopsy tissue, fluids
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specimens that don't need digestion and decontamination
CSF, pleural fluid, joint fluid
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Digestion and decontamination agents
- Sodium hydroxide | - N-acetyl-L-cysteine
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Mycobacteria staining
- irregular uptake of gram stain because of high lipid content - light gram-positive if anything - ACID-FAST STAINING - Auramine-rhodamine fluorochrome stain
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Acid-fast staining
- Ziehl-Neelsen (uses heat) | - Kinyoun (no heating)
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Auramine-rhodamine fluorochrome stain
- bright yellow-orange bacilli - more sensitive - may miss rapid-growers
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Mycobacteria culture media
- Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ) media (also called ATS): eggs, salts, glycerol, potato flour - Middlebrook media - all media contain malachite green (suppress gram-positive)
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BACTEC system
amount of labeled CO2 liberated is detected by instrument and is interpreted as "growth index"
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Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT)
O2 consumption by organism present in the medium are detected as an increase in fluorescence
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Septi-Chek AFB system
- growth is detected by observing paddle | - detection times shorter than conventional media, longer than BACTEC
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Mycobacterium ID
- acid fast organism - colony morphology (smooth and soft or rough) - growth rates: rapid growers (7 days) - growth temperature - photoreactivity - niacin accumulation (most +) - nitrate test (M. kansasii and tuberculosis +) - catalase (M. tb, bovis are -) - Tween 80 hydrolysis - iron uptake - arylsulfatase test - pyrazinamidase (distinguishes M. marinum (+) from kansasii and M. bovis from tb (+)) - Tellurite reduction (MAC +) - urease (M. scrofulaceum (+) and gordonae)
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Inhibitory tests
- NAP (inhibits M. tb complex) - T2H (bovis (S) from tb (R)) - NaCl tolerance (M. flavescens and M. triviale grow) - Growth on MAC agar (M. fortuitum-chelonae complex grow on MAC w/o crystal violet)
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M. tuberculosis (Identification)
MTB is only non-pigmented producer that is nitrate + and niacin + in culture media
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