Bacteria - Hillard (continued) Flashcards
(138 cards)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
classification
color
smell
gram - bacilli, aerobic , flagella
green-blue on agar or ulcers or active infections
smells like grape
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence factors
boards
- hemolysin
2 collagenase - elastase
PPL C, DNase)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa affects who
CF Burns weak hospitilized DM if osteomyelitis Swimmers if Otitis externa (swimmers ear)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa SX
pulmonary infections (bronchitis or pneumonia) –CF
swimmers ear
hot tub folliculitis
(wet damp areas)
Bacteroides fragilis
classification
virulence factor
colonizes
gram - bacilli, anaerobic
low virulence
normal bowel flora
Bacteroides fragilis SX
- abscesses = after traumatic bowel injury
- abscess from ischemic bowel perforation
- Deep abscesses
Vibronaceace cholera
classification
transmission
gram - comma shaped, motile
fecal oral TR, brackish + marine waters
Vibronaceace cholera
toxin and function
Cholera toxin : activated cAMP = NaCl secretion and pull water out
(like enterotoxogenic E. coli)
Vibronaceace cholera SX
watery D (1L water per hour)
Vibronaceace cholera vs enterotoxogenic E. coli
Vibro cholera is not part of normal flora
Vibro parahaemolyticus
TR how
raw seafood (oysters, sushi)
Vibro parahaemolyticus SX
WATERY D, N,V
Vibro vulnificus
TR how
raw seafood (oysters, fish handling or eating)
Vibro vulnificus SX of consumtion
SEPTICEMIA (fever, hypotension, n,v, WATERY D)
Vibro vulnificus SX od handling
progressive necrotizing hemorrhagic wound infection
Campylobacter jujuni
classification
TR mode
gram - comma, motile uncooked meat (chicken), unpasteurized milk
Campylobacter jujuni
colonizes
can react with what organism
SI and Colon
itself
Campylobacter jujuni SX
- mucosal ulceration
- FEVER
- D (blood or no blood)
- ABD pain
- can look like acute appendicitis
Campylobacter jujuni can cause what disease
Guillian- Barre syndrome
= immune mediated neuropathy —-> ascending flaccid paralysis from legs up
= pins needles paralysis
= can lead to respiratory paralysis
2 organisms what can present as acute appendicitis
- Campylobacter jujuni
2. Yersinia enterocolitica
Reiter’s Syndrome SX
cant pee –urethritis, cant see—-conjuctivitis, cant climb a tree —-> septic arthritis
low grade fever
Reiter’s Syndrome
infects how and who is susceptible
people with HLA-B27
abnormal immune response
Reiter’s Syndrome can be associated with
after any enteric bacterial infection
Helicobacter pylori
classification
toxin
gram - curvilinear bacilli
urease (alkaline urinealkaline breath*, pink on test)