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Lab 10 Vibrio, Campylobacter, Lawsonia, Helicobacter, Arcobacter, Spirochaetes Flashcards

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Vibrio habitat, morphology, staining

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Water, brackish and high salt content (halophilic)
Intestine of aquatic animals

Curved rod, polar flagella

Gr-

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Vibrio culture, biochemistry

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Not fastidious, optimal temp lower than 37
Fac. anaerobic
Selective culture: pH 8.6

Cat +
Oxi +
OF: F

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V. cholerae

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Hu cholera: ø clean water
= enteric infection, vomiting and extreme watery diarrhea
Fluid loss up to 20l/day
155 O-groups
NAG: non-cholera vibrios: fish, birds diarrhea

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V. metschnikovii

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Sewage, aquatic animals
OXI NEG
Poultry hemorrhagic enteritis

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V. parahaemolyticus

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ZOONOSIS
Sea animals: crab, shellfish
Thermostabile haemolysin
Food-borne inf in Hu: Gastroenteritis, fever, septicaemia
Ass. with consumption of undercooked seafood

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Listonella (V.) anguillarum

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Marine fish (salmon, eel) skin lesions, septicaemia

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Lawsonia habitat, morphology, staining and culture

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Swine enterocytes, obligate intracellular!
Curved thin rods
Gr-

Microaerophilic, enterocyte cell culture

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L. intracellularis

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Swine proliferative enteropathy (ileum, colon, caecum)

Thickening of int wall, necrosis of mm, enlargement of mesenterial ln

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Helicobacter habitat, morphology, resistance, staining

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Carnivores mucous membranes
Hu stomach and duodenum
Curved helical rod with flagella
R: weak
Gr-
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Helicobacter culture, biochemistry

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Microaerophilic, fastidious: blood, Aa

Cat +
Oxi +
Urease +
(urease prod ammonia: local alkaline, can survive --> gastric ulcer)
Not splitted CH, cytotoxin (H.pylori)
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H. pylori

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Hu chronic gastritis, gastric/duodenal ulcer

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H. felis

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Ca, Fe

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H. canis

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Ca

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H. mustelae
H. acinonychis
H. bizzozeronii:

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Weasel
Cheetah
Su gastric ulcer, Ca, Fe

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Arcobacter habitat, morphology, staining, culture

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Mm: genitals, intestine
Curved rods, flagella
Gr-
Microaerophilic --> aerotolerant
Leptospira and Campylobacter media
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Arcobacter
Cryaerophilus
Skirrowii
Butzleri

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Bo, Su: abortion, mastitis
Bo, Su, Ov: abortion, prepuce
Hu, Apes: enteritis, Bo: abortion

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Campylobacter habitat, morphology, resistance, staining

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Curved rods in gull-winged shapes and spiral forms
Polar flagella

Resistance: weak

Gr-

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Campylobacter culture

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Fastidious
Blood agar w/ pyruvate
Microaerophilic: 6% O2, 10% CO2, 84% N2

Selective culture: vancomycin, polymyxin, trimethoprim
Semisolid media

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Campylobacter biochemistry

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Cat + (except C. mucosalis, C. sputorum)
Oxi +
No CH splitting
Species, subspecies can be diff based on biochemical characteristics

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C. fetus ssp. fetus

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Ov genital campylobacteriosis: abortion

Mammals and birds: enteritis

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C. fetus ssp. venerealis

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Bo genital campylobacteriosis
Bulls asymptomatic carriers: infect cows
Abortion, infertility

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C. jejuni

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Gut of mammals and birds
Ru abortion, mastitis
Ca/Hu: intestinal campylobacteriosis
Av campylobacter hepatitis

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C. lari

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Gut of wild birds and dog, enteritis

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C. coli

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Su/Hu: enterocolitis

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C. mucosalis, C. hyointestinalis

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Su gut, saprophytes

CAT NEG

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Spirochaetas:

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Borrelia, Treponema, Brachyspira, Leptospira

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Spirochaetas habitat, morphology, resistance

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Mucous membranes
Arthropods
Environment

Thin, helical filaments, NO FLAGELLA

Special structure:
Periplastic flagella: axial movement
Elastic cell membrane

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Spirochaetas staining

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Gr-, staining can be difficult
Unstained: dark field/phase contrast microscope

Giemsa: methanol, methylene blue

India ink: background
Levaditi’s silver impregnation

Most are OBLIGATE ANAEROBe

29
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What Spirochaetas are difficult to culture?

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Borrelia, Treponema: animal trial

30
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Which require special demands but can be cultured?

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Brachyspira, Leptospira

31
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Borrelia habitat, morphology

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Infected animals, rodents, arthropods (TICKS)
Tropical countries
15-20 periplastic flagella
Irregular, linear chromosome

32
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B. anserina

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Avian borreliosis: avian spirochaetosis
Staining: fuchsin, Giemsa, Levaditi, unstained
Culture: fastidious (Pr, Hgb), egg, animal trial
R: weak
Vectors: ticks, acari

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B. burgdorferi, B. afzelii, B. garinii

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LYME-BORRELIOSIS
Staining: Giemsa or unstained
Difficult to culture
Natural hosts: small rodents, ticks (vectors)
Hu, Ca, Eq: Lyme disease (JB)
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B. thelieri

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Eq, Bo borreliosis in tropics

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B. recurrentis, B. hispanica, B. caucasica

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Hu tick-borne relapsing fever

36
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Treponema habitat, staining

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Infected animals, humans, mucous membranes (oral cav, genitals)
Pathogenic species cannot be stained or cultured

37
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T. pallidum
T. paraluiscuniculi
T. denticola, T. parvum

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Hu syphilis
Rabbit syphilis
Hu oral cav

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Brachyspira habitat, morphology, staining, culture

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Swine large int (old name serpulina)

Helical rods

Fuchsin, Giemsa, unstained
Histo –> silver!

Obligate anaerobic!
Fastidious: blood agar (beta/weak hemolysis)
Smear from feces: spiral

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B. hyodysenteriae

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fast, obl ana, blood agar, 3-7 days, beta hemolysis
Selective: spectinomycin
Ag: 9 serogroups
R: weak, can live 1 week in feces
Swine dysentery!
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B. pilosicoli

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Weak hemolysis

Su int spirochaetosis

41
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B. intermedia

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Weak hemolysis

Su spirochaeta colitis

42
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B. innocens

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Saprophyte, weak hemolysis

43
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Leptospira habitat, morphology, resistance

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Inf animals: pathogens
Environment, water: saprophytes
Helical rods, hooked

R: weak
Dry environment: hours
Water: weeks

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Leptospira staining, culture

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Unstained or levaditis silver impregnation
Aerobic, 28-30C
Primary culture: 6-16 weeks
Pure culture: 1 week
Nutrients: FFA, inorganic N, Vit B1, B12
Korthof medium, EMJH medium
Animal trial
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Leptospira biochem, antigens

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EC lipase production is characteristic
21 species
7 are pathogenic

46
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L. ichterohaemorrhagiae

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Ca, Eq generalized disease, fever

47
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Leptospirosis
L. ichterophaemorrhagiae
L. grippotyphosa
L. hardjo
L. sejroe
L. pomona
L. tarassovi
L. canicola
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Kidney, liver

Abortion, fever, hemoglobinuria

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L. hardjo

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Bo, Ov abortion

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L. pomona

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Su, Bo abortion, hemoglobinuria

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