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What 2 bacterial CNS infections are most prominent in Children (1mo - 15y)

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Neisseria meningitidis (25-40%)
Haemophilus influenzae (40-60%)
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Structure of Neisseria meningitidis

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Gram negative diplococci - Lipooligosaccharide (LOS instead of LPS)
Polysaccharide capsule
Possesses pili
Porins A and B

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How does Neisseria Meningitidis take up iron?

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Host transferrin

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N. Meningitidis pathogenisis

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  • Attach to non ciliated columnar epithelia cells of nasopharynx via pili
  • Internalized into phagocytic vacuoles
  • Replication occurs and transcytosis to subepithelial spaces
  • Polysaccharide capsule is major virulence determinant - blocks phagocytic destruction
  • LOS induces vascular damage, inflammation, thrombosis
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N. Meningitidis carriage

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Asymptomatic and usually transient - highest for school-age children and young adults

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When is N. Meningitidis most common?

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During the dry, cold months of the year

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Meningitis Belt

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Major epidemics on an 8-12 year cycle in Sub Saharan Africa

Occurs during the dry season

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Most N. Meningitidis epidemic are associated with which serogroup?

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Serogroup A

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N. Meningitidis
Acute bacterial meningitis:
Infants:
Older Children/Adults:

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Acute bacterial meningitis: Abrupt onset of chills, fever, severe headache, meningeal inflammation
Infants: irritability, refusal to take food, seizures, disturbed motor tone, coma
Older Children/Adults: altered mental status, severe headache

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Petechiae:
Purpura:

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Petechiae: Minute hemorrhagic spots in the skin
Purpura: Hemorrhagic spots

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N. Meningitidis - Laboratory Diagnosis

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  • Gram stain of CSF
  • Blood culture
  • Oxidase positive, gram negative diplococci
  • Biochemical tests
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N. Meningitidis treatment - vaccination

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  • Serogroup tetravalent vaccine specific for A, C, Y and W135
  • Tetravalent vaccine - conjugate diptheria toxoid
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N. Meningitidis drug treatment

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Cefotaxime
Ceftriaxone
Penicillin G

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Why is Group B meningitidis hard to treat?

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K1 capsular polysaccharide in E. Coli is identical to group B antigen - hard to make selective vaccine

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4CMenB

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4 components of the serogroup B bacterium

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Which Meningitis serogroup is most often associated with infections in infants and children?

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Serogroup B

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Neisseria gonorrhea - structure

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Gram negative diplococci, oxidase positive
Does not posses a polysaccharide capsule
Possesses pili

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N. Gonorrhea is a _____ specific pathogen and is sensitive to ____

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N. Gonorrhea surface antigens: porins

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Trimeric major outer membrane proteins that form pores for the passive uptake of nutrients
Expression of PorB - interferes with neutrophil degranulation, facilitates bacterial invasion and resistant to complement

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N. Gonorrhea surface antigens: Opa proteins

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  • Opaque vs. Transparent
  • Opaque colonies (Gonococci expressing proteins) are usually localized infections - those from disseminated infections are usually transparent
  • Mediate binding to epithelial cells
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N. Gonorrhea surface antigens: Receptors for human transferrin

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Mediate iron uptake in human hosts

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N. Gonorrhea surface antigens: LOS

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Lipooligosaccharide - core oligosaccharide without the O antigens side chain

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Pathogenesis - Gonocci

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  • Acquisition by sexual contact with an infected individual
  • Attachment to non ciliated epithelial cells; transcytosis to subepithelial spaces
  • Replication and release of LOS
  • Inflammatory response - damage to urethra or vagina
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For which Gonococcal structures do humans make antibodies?

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Pillins, Opa proteins, LOS, and bacterial antigens that block the anti-pillin, Opa or LOS antibodies

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How are Gonoccal antigens highly variable?
Pili: phase variation (On or off) and antigenic variation (alter epitopes through recombination) PorB - serological variation - many antigenic types
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Why is there no vaccine for Gonococci
No capsule, highly variable surface proteins
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Asymptomatic carriage of Gonorrhea is more common in ____
Women
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Women have a ____% risk of acquiring infection after single exposure; men have a ____% risk
50%; 20%
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Clinical presentation of Gonorrhea: Men
Purulent urethral discharge and dysuria 2-5 days post exposure (95% of infected men will be symptomatic)
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Clinical presentation of Gonorrhea: Women
Vaginal discharge, dysuria and abdominal pain - can become pelvic inflammatory disease
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Laboratory Diagnosis of Gonorrhea
Gram stain Culture and biochemical identification Nucleic acid amplification assays
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Treatment of Gonorrhea
1st line therapy: dual therapy with ceftriazone | 2nd line therapy: cefixim and either azithromycin or doxycycline
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Chlamydia and Chlamydophila
Obligate intracellular parasites once considered viruses
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Chlamydia and Chlamydophila: structure
Typical gram-negative envelope with lipopolysaccharide | Do not synthesize peptidoglycan - no cell wall
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Chlamydia and Chlamydophila: Life cycle (2 forms)
1. Elementary body - infectious form, stable in the environment because of highly cross-linked outer membrane structure 2. Reticulate body - Replicative intracellular form, metabolically active, osmotically fragile, not stable to the environment - replicate by binary fission
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Inclusion body
Chlamydia replicate within the protective environment of the inclusion body
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Chlamydia Pathogenesis
- C. Trachomatis EBs attach to nonciliated columnar cuboidal or transitional epithelial cells - Replicate within mononuclear phagocytes - Access through abrasions or lesions - primary lesion occurs at the site - Inguinal nodes become inflamed and swell
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What is the most common bacterial STD in the US?
C. trachomatis (1.3 million cases in 2010 in the US)
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Approximately ___% of women and ___% of men have asymptomatic C. Trachomatis infection
80%; 25%
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Reiter syndrome
Usually occurs in young Caucasian males - urethritis, conjunctivitis (C. Trachomatis)
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C. Trachomatis and Inclusion Conjunctivitis
Progressive disease that can lead to blindness - Eyelashes turn inward abrading the cornea - Loss of vision - Infections occur predominantly in children whose living conditions are crowded
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Chlamydia laboratory diagnosis
- Cytology - Antigen detection - Nucleic acid amplification - Culture
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Common properties of N. Gonorrhoeae and C. Trachomatis
- Gram negative - Results in inflammatory symptoms - Target non ciliated columnar epithelia cells - Can be asymptomatic - Should be treated promptly to prevent spread - No vaccine - Number 1 (Chlamydia) and Number 2 (N. Gonorrhoeae) bacterial STDs in the US

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