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Gram-positive cocci, catalase negative

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  • streptococcus, enterococcus, and some other non-pathogenic species
  • part of normal flora
  • not usually associated with infection, except in ICPs
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Catalase negative gram-positive cocci cause infection by gaining access to sites that are normally sterile

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S. pyogenes, groups C & G, S. agalactiae, S. pneumoniae, Viridans strep., E. faecium, E. faecalis

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  • gram-positive, catalase negative cocci
  • form chains in liquid medium
  • facultative anaerobes, non-motile, susceptible to penicillin and vancomycin, some are fastidious
  • ID based on hemolysis and Lancefield classification
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Streptococcaceae

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Hemolysin patterns

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determines if bacteria produce extracellular enzymes that lyse RBCs in agar

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complete clearing of the erythrocytes around a bacterial colony

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beta hemolysis

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partial clearing of the erythrocytes around a bacterial colony

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alpha hemolysis

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gamma hemolysis

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no hemolysis or clearing around a bacterial colony

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Lancefield classification

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classification of strep bacteria based on carbohydrate antigens

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Strep group that exhibits Beta hemolysis

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Group A streptococcus

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Strep that exhibit alpha hemolysis

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Strep pneumoniae

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Strep that exhibit gamma or no hemolysis

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Group D strep and enterococcus

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Virulence factors of S. pyogenes (Group A)

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  • Protein F, Protein M
  • DNase, hyaluronidase, streptokinase, Streptolysin O, Streptolysin S
  • erythrogenic toxins, capsule
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mediates epithelial cell attachment

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Protein F

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  • in the cell wall, blocks opsonization

- helps avoid phagocytosis, essential for virulence

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Protein M

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  • causes beta hemolysis

- inactivated by oxidation (elicits ASO production)

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Streptolysin O

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  • causes beta hemolysis

- not inactivated by oxidation, leucocidin activity

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Streptolysin S

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Erythrogenic toxins produced by S. pyogenes

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  • produces erythematous reaction (coded in viral DNA and integrated in bacteria by lysogeny)
  • causes rash of Scarlet fever and multisystem disease
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Transmission of S. pyogenes

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  • normal skin and oropharynx flora
  • causes infection when tissues are penetrated
  • aerosol spread of infection (person-to-person)
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Clinical infections associated with S. pyogenes

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skin infections, impetigo, erysipelas (red rash on face), cellulitis, puerperal fever, necrotizing fasciatus, pharyngitis, pharyngitis with scarlet fever

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Complications with Strep. pyogenes (Group A)

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Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, Post-streptococcal acute Rheumatic fever, Post-streptococcal acute glomerular nephritis

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multisystem involvement presenting with rash, diarrhea, renal and respiratory problems

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Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome

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  • cross-reaction with heart antigens after strep pharyngitis resolves; no group A strep present
  • symptoms: migratory arthritis, subcutaneous nodules, carditis and erythema marginatum
  • can lead to rheumatic heart disease
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Post-streptococcal acute rheumatic fever

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  • occurs after strep pharyngitis or skin infection; no group A strep present
  • deposits of strep antigen-antibody complex deposit in the kidneys and damage glomeruli
  • symptoms: facial edema, blood and protein in urine
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Post-streptococcal acute glomerular nephritis

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Identification of S. pyogenes (Group A)

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  • falcultative, extracellular, gram-positive, may chain
  • grow on SBA and CA, not on MacConkey
  • small, white colonies; beta hemolysis
  • non-motile, hyaluronic acid capsule
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S. pyogenes (Group A) ID tests
catalase negative, beta hemolytic, PYR positive, CAMP negative, Bile esculin negative, Group A, Bacitracin susceptible, SXT resistant, no growth in 6.5% NaCl, latex agglutination
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Other S. pyogenes tests
commercial particle agglutination tests, immunoassays, nucleic acid probes (PCR and DNA probes)
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Virulence factors of S. agalactiae (Group B) strep
capsule, sialic acid for inhibiting complement, hemolysin, CAMP factor, DNases, hyaluronidase, protease
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Transmission of S. agalactiae (Group B) strep
- normal GU flora, sometimes respiratory | - vertical transmission at birth or in utero, nosocomial (meningitis), in unpasteurized bovine milk
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Invasive disease in newborns
- caused by Group B strep (agalactiae) - early onset usually caused by vertical transmission (< 7 days after birth), results in premature birth, pneumonia, meningitis, and bacteremia - late onset causes meningitis (1-12 weeks old)
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Endometritis and endocarditis
- caused by Group B strep | - to mothers after childbirth or abortion
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S. agalactiae (Group B) infections
- immunodeficiency in elderly people | - treated with ampicillin
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Detecting Group B strep before vertical transmission
- vaginal and rectal material between 35-37 of pregnancy - inoculate to select broth and culture on SBA - can use nucleic acid tests
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Identification of Group B strep
facultative, extracellular, gram-positive, grayish-white colonies on SBA, non-motile
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Group B strep tests
- catalase negative, beta hemolytic, typing kit Group B, Bacitracin (A) resistant, PYR negative, SXT resistant, no growth in 6.5% NaCl, CAMP positive, hippurate-hydrolysis positive
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Group B hemolysis
- Beta hemolytic | - colony is larger than Group A, but zone is smaller
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CAMP
determines if organism produces diffusible extracellular CAMP factor protein, which acts synergistically with beta-lysin strain of S. aureus which enhances lysis in SBA when organisms are streaked perpendicular
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Positive CAMP test
enhanced hemolysis will appear as an arrowhead shaped zone of beta clearing
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CAMP test
only group B strep are positive
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Rapid CAMP test
use beta-lysin on strep colony
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Hippurate hydrolysis
- tests for the presence of hippuricase (which hydrolyzes hippurate to produce glycine) - glycine turns it purple and differentiates Group B from other streptococcus
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S. dysgalactiae
Group C, beta hemolytic, sometimes type group A
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Group C and G Strep
- S. dysgalactiae, S. anginosus, S. milleri (alpha hemolytic) - less than 1% of all bacteremias
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Virulence factors of S. pneumoniae
capsule, IgA protease, pneumolysin O, neuraminidase, hyaluronidase
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IgA protease
prevents opsonization by IgA at mucous membrane
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Pneumolysin O
cytolytic for cells, causes the alpha hemolysis, elicits strong cellular response
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Neuraminidase
degrades surface structure of host cell
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Transmission of S. pneumoniae
- normal flora of upper respiratory tract | - respiratory secretions and aerosols, when pulmonary-mucosillary action fails, meningitis from sinusitis
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Clinical infections of S. pneumoniae
lobar pneumoniae, otitis media, sinusitis, meningitis, peritonitis, endocarditis
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lobar pneumoniae
- number 1 etiological agent of pneumonia - inflammatory response that impairs lung function - caused by viral infection, smoking, bacteremia
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otitis media
often with bacteremia, number 1 etiological agent after viral infection
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S. pneumoniae
number 1 etiological cause of adult meningitis
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Identification of S. pneumo
falcultative, extra cellular, autolytic, gram-positive, mucoid colonies on SBA
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Tests for S. pneumo
- non-motile, catalase neg., no Lancefield group, CAMP negative, bile esculin negative, no growth in 6.5% salt - optochin sensitive, bile solubility positive
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Optochin
- lyses pneumococci , other alpha strep are resistant | - disk test
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Bile solubility test
Determines if organism is lysed by bile salt; determines the amount of autolytic enzyme; S. pneumo is positive, other alpha hemolytic strep are negative
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Treatment for strep pneumo
Penicillin - erythromycin or chloramphenicol if resistant; vaccine
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Viridans strep
- normal flora or GU tract, GI tract - alpha hemolysis, fastidious - anginosus, mitis, mutans, salivarius, bovis
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Viridans infections
- opportunistic, penicillin susceptible | - subacute bacterial endocarditis, tooth decay, meningitis, abscesses, osteomyelitis
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Group D strep
- S. equinus - endocarditis, UTIs, wound infections - susceptible to penicillin, while enterococcus is resistant - no virulence factors, opportunistic
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Identification of Group D strep
- facultative, gram-positive cocci, non-motile | - grayish-white colonies and alpha or no hemolysis on SBA
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Tests for Group D strep
- catalase negative, alpha or non hemolytic, CAMP negative, bile esculin positive, PYR negative, no growth in 6.5% NaCl
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Bike esculin test
Organisms ability to grow in bile and hydrolyze glycoside esculin; gram-positives are negative except for Group D strep and enterococcus
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Salt test (6.5% NaCl)
Used to differentiate Group D (no growth) from enterococcus (growth)
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Enterococcus virulence factors
Antibiotic resistance, adherence to heart valves and renal epithelium
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Transmission of enterococcus
- E. feacium and E. faecalis are normal GI flora | - UTI from fecal floral contamination, person-to-person, nosocomial, bacteremia
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Infections of enterococcus
UTIs, bacteremia, endocarditis
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Identification of enterococcus
Facultative, small grayish-white colonies and non hemolytic on SBA, non-motile, gram-positive cocci
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Tests for enterococcus
Catalase negative, usually non hemolytic, Group D, CAMP negative, bile esculin positive, PYR negative, growth in 6.5% NaCl
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Enterococcus resistance
- acquired resistance to beta lactam, amino glycosides, glycoproteins - VRE = vancomycin resistant
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Beta hemolytic strep
Groups A, B, C, F, G, D, enterococcus
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Alphas hemolytic strep
Enterococcus, Group D, S. pneumo, Viridans
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Non hemolytic strep
Group D, enterococcus
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Abiotrophia and Granulicatella
- strep-like, grow as satellite colonies, nutritionally variant - bacteremia, endocarditis, otitis media - difficult to treat with antibiotics
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Aerococcus
"Strep-like", opportunistic, bacteremia, endocarditis and UTIs
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Gamella
De-stain easily, may be in pairs, tetrads, clusters
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Lactococcus
"Strep-like", UTIs and endocarditis
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Leuconostoc
Irregular coccoid morphology, bacteremia, UTIs, meningitis, vanco resistant
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Pediococcus
- tetrads, pairs and clusters - meningitis, bacteremia, abscesses - vanco resistant
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