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Chapter 19: Objectives Flashcards

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Contrast the virulence of Staphylococcus aureus with that of Staphylococcus epidermidis in humans.

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  • S. aureus protein A positive, S. epidermidis protein A negative
  • S. Aureus coagulase positive, S. epidermidis negative
  • S. aureus slime layer positive, S. epidermidis positive
  • S. Aureus catalase positive, S. epidermidis positive
  • S. aureus hyaluronidase positive, S. epidermidis hyaluronidase negative
  • S. aureus staphylokinase positive, S. epidermidis staphylokinase negative
  • S. aureus lipase positive, S. epidermidis lipase positive
  • S, aureus β-lactamase positive, S. epidermidis negative
  • S. aureus toxins positive, S. epidermidis negative
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Discuss the structural features, enzymes, and toxins of Staphylococcus that enable it to be pathogenic.

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  • Protein A
  • Coagulase
  • Slime layer
  • Hyaluronidase
  • Staphylokinase
  • Lipases
  • β - lactamase
  • Cytolytic toxins
  • Exfoliative toxins
  • Enterotoxins
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Protein A (staphylococcus structural defense against phagocytosis; antiphagocytic)

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Coats the cell surface; interferes with humoral immune responses

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Bound coagulase (staphylococcus structural defense against phagocytosis; antiphagocytic)

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  • Converts fibrinogen into fibrin molecules
  • Fibrin clots hide the bacteria from phagocytic cells
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Slime layers (staphylococcus structural defense against phagocytosis; antiphagocytic)

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Capsules:
- Inhibit leukocyte chemotaxis and phagocytosis
- Facilitate attachment of Staphylococcus to surfaces

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Enzymes (staphylococcus)

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  • Secreted by the pathogen
  • Dissolve structural chemicals in the body
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Cell free coagulase (Staphylococcus enzymes)

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Triggers blood clotting

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Hyaluronidase (staphylococcus enzymes)

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  • Breaks down hyaluronic acid
  • Enables the bacteria to spread between cells
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Staphylokinase (staphylococcus enzymes)

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  • Dissolves fibrin threads in blood clots
  • Allows Staphylococcus Aureus to free itself from clots
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Lipases (Staphylococcus enzymes)

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  • Digest lipids
  • Allow Staphylococcus to grow in skin and in oil glands
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β-lactamase (Staphylococcus enzymes)

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  • Breaks down penicillin
  • Allows bacteria to survive treatment with β- lactam antimicrobial drugs
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Toxins (Staphylococcus)

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Chemicals that harm tissues or trigger host immune responses that cause damage
- Cytolytic toxins
- Exfoliative toxins
- Toxic- shock syndrome toxin
- Enterotoxins

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Toxemia (staphylococcus toxins)

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Refers to toxins in the bloodstream that are carried beyond the site of infection

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Cytolytic toxins (staphylococcus toxins)

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  • Alpha, beta, gama, delta, and leukocidin
  • Disrupts the cytoplasmic membrane of a variety of cells
  • Leukocidin can lyse leukocytes specifically
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Exfoliative toxins (staphylococcus toxins)

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  • Cause skin cells to separate and slough off
  • Exfoliative toxin causes reddened patches of the epidermis to slough off
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Toxic-shock syndrome toxin (staphylococcus toxins)

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Causes toxic shock syndrome

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Enterotoxins (staphylococcus toxins)

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  • A, B, C, D, and E
  • Stimulate symptoms associated with food poisoning
  • Are heat stable, active at 100℃ for up to 30 minutes
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What are the three categories of Staphylococcus diseases?

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  • Noninvasive (food poisoning)
  • Cutaneous (various skin conditions)
  • Systemic (Variety of infections when bacteria invade deeper tissues)
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Describe the symptoms of staphylococcus food poisoning

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Consumed bacteria do not continue to produce disease/ toxins, so the course of the disease is rapid usually lasting 24 hours or less.
- Nausea
- Severe vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Headache
- Sweating
- Abdominal pain

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List the six pyogenic lesions caused by Staphylococcus aureus.

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Cutaneous: various skin conditions
- Scaled skin syndrome
- Impetigo
- Folliculitis
- Sty
- Furuncle
- Carbuncle

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Describe scaled skin syndrome

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  • Caused by S. aureus
  • Exfoliative toxin causes reddened patches of the epidermis to slough off
  • Blisters contain clear fluid lacking bacteria or WBC
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Describe impetigo

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  • 80% caused by S. aureus
  • Reddened patches of skin become pus filled vesicles that eventually crust over
  • Generally affects children
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Describe folliculitis

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  • Infection of a hair follicle in which the base of the follicle becomes red, swollen, and pus filled
  • Staphylococcus aureus (cutaneous lesion)
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Describe sty

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  • When the infection of a hair follicle occurs at the base of the eyelid
  • Staphylococcus aureus (cutaneous lesion)
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Describe furuncle

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  • A large, painful raised nodular extension of folliculitis into surrounding tissue
  • Staphylococcus aureus (cutaneous lesion)
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Describe carbuncle

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When several furuncles coalesce, it extends deeper into the tissues, triggering fever and chills.

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What are five systemic and potentially fatal diseases caused by Staphylococcus

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  • Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome
  • Bacteremia
  • Endocarditis
  • Pneumonia
  • Osteomyelitis
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Describe staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome

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  • Occurs when TSS toxin is absorbed through the blood
  • Life-threatening, occurs when the body is not getting enough blood flow. Lack of blood flow means the cells and organs do not get enough oxygen and nutrients to function properly
  • Characterized by fever, vomiting, red rash, low blood pressure, loss of sheets of skin
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Describe bacteremia

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  • Presence of bacteria in blood
  • Systemic disease caused by staphylococcus
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Describe endocarditis

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  • Present in the lining of the heart
  • Systemic disease caused by staphylococcus
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Describe pneumonia

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  • An inflammation of lungs where alveoli and bronchioles become filled with fluid
  • Systemic disease caused by staphylococcus
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Describe osteomyelitis

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  • Bacteria invades the bones causing inflammation of bone marrow and surrounding bone
  • Systemic disease caused by staphylococcus
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If gram positive bacteria in grapelike arrangements, and are able to clot blood:

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They are coagulase positive Staphylococcus aureus

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Discuss the history of Staphylococcal resistance to antimicrobial drugs

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  • Only 5% of strains are susceptible to penicillin
  • Methicillin, a semisynthetic form of penicillin, which is not inactivated by β-lactamase, is the drug of choice for staphylococcus infections
  • Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is resistant to common antimicrobial drugs, including penicillin, macrolides, aminoglycosides, and cephalosporin; vancomycin is used to to treat MRSA infections
  • Vancomycin-resistant S. aureus arose (VRSA)
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Describe classification of streptococcal strains

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  • Gram-positive cocci, facultative anaerobes
  • Arranged in pairs or chains
  • Catalase negative (H2O2 catalase test negative)
  • Classified on:
  • Antigens
  • Type of hemolysis (alpha, beta, gamma)
  • Cell arrangement
  • Physiological properties
  • Often categorized based on Lancefield classification: divided into serotypes based on bacteria’s antigens including serotypes A through H and K through V
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Hemolysis zone of Streptococcus pyogenes

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Beta

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Hemolysis zone of Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Alpha

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Hemolysis zone of Enterococcus faecalis

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Gamma

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Describe two structures in Streptococcus pyogenes that enable this organism to survive the body’s defenses.

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  • Protein M: interfers with opsonization and lysis by destabilizing complement
  • Hyaluronic acid capsule: remain hidden from phagocytic cells
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Protein M

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  • Structural feature of Streptococcus pyogenes that enables the organism to survive the body’s defenses
  • Interferes with opsonization and lysis by destabilizing complement
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Hyaluronic acid capsule

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  • Structural feature of Streptococcus pyogenes that enables the organism to survive the body’s defenses
  • Because hyaluronic acid is normally found in the body, white blood cells may ignore bacteria “camouflaged” by this type of capsule
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Identify four kinds of enzymes that facilitate the spread of Streptococcus pyogenes in the body

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  • Streptokinases
  • Deoxyribonucleases
  • C5a peptidase
  • Hyaluronidase
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Identify the action of pyrogenic toxins in causing disease symptoms by Streptococcus pyogenes

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  • Also known as Erythrogenic toxins
  • Stimulate the release of cytokines that cause fever
  • Toxin genes carried on bacteriophages
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What are treatments for Group A: streptococcus pyogenes

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Treatment:
- Penicillin is effective
- Sensitive to erythromycin, cephalosporin, bacitracin

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What are seven diseases caused by Streptococcus pyogenes (group A) and the treatments available.

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  • Pharyngitis (strep throat)
  • Rheumatic fever
  • Scarlet fever
  • Pyoderma
  • Erysipelas
  • Necrotizing fasciitis
  • Glomerulonephritis
    Treatment:
  • Penicillin is effective
  • Sensitive to erythromycin, cephalosporin, bacitracin
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Pharyngitis

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  • Also known as strep throat
  • Inflammation of the pharynx
  • Purulent (pus containing) abscesses covering the tonsils
  • Group A Streptococcus: Streptococcus pyogenes
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Rheumatic fever

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  • Complication of untreated streptococcal pharyngitis
  • Inflammation damages the heart valves and muscle
  • Autoimmune response against heart antigens
  • Damaged heart valves and achy joints
  • Group A Streptococcus: Streptococcus pyogenes
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Scarlet fever

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  • Involve lysogenized strain of S. pyogenes (due to pyrogenic toxins)
  • Strawberry red tongue
  • Chest rash develops that spreads across the body
  • Group A Streptococcus: Streptococcus pyogenes
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Pyoderma

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Pus-producing lesions involving lymph nodes, pain and inflammation
- Group A Streptococcus: Streptococcus pyogenes

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Prefix Pyro-

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  • Causes fever
  • Example: Pyrogenic
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Prefix Pyo-

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  • Produces pus
  • Pyoderma
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Erysipelas

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  • Involves surrounding superficial lymphatic tissue and triggers pain and inflammation
  • Group A Streptococcus: Streptococcus pyogenes
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Necrotizing fasciitis

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  • Characterized by redness, intense pain, and swelling at the site of infection
  • Bacteria digest the muscle fascia (connective tissue) and fat tissue
  • Patients develop fever, nausea, mental confusion, drop in blood pressure
  • Affected tissue must be removed completely
  • Group A Streptococcus: Streptococcus pyogenes
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Glomerulonephritis

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  • Antibodies bound to antigens of Group A Streptococcus are not removed from circulation and instead accumulate in the glomeruli (small blood vessels) of the kidneys’ nephrons (filtering units)
  • Puffy face due to retention of fluid by damaged kidney, tea colored urine due to hematuria
  • Autoimmune disorder
  • Group A Streptococcus: Streptococcus pyogenes
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Identify the conditions under which group A Streptococcus causes disease.

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  • Often causes diseases when normal competing microbiota are depleted
  • When adaptive immunity is impaired
  • Streptococcus is not a normal member of the microbiota of the skin Gram-positive bacteria in short chains or pairs in cutaneous specimens, can provide preliminary diagnosis of: pyoderma, erysipelas, and necrotizing fasciitis
  • Streptococci are normally in pharynx so a rapid strep test is used to identify the presence of group A streptococcal antigens
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What is a rapid strep test used to identify

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The presence of Group A: Streptococcus pyogenes

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Discuss the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infections with Streptococcus agalactiae

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  • often infects newborns and immunocompromised patients
  • ELISA test used to diagnosis
  • Penicillin G or ampicillin
  • Vaccination for women to protect future children
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Epidemiology of Streptococcus agalactiae

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  • Often infects newborns without specific antibodies
  • Older immunocompromised patients also at risk
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Diagnosis of Streptococcus agalactiae

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  • ELISA test used to identify group B streptococcus, utilizing antibodies directed against the bacteria’s distinctive cell wall polysaccharides
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Treatment of Streptococcus agalactiae

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  • Penicillin G is the drug of choice, or ampicillin
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Prevention of Streptococcus agalactiae

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  • Immunization of women can protect future children
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Identify the normal sites of viridans streptococci in the human body

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  • Mouth
  • Pharynx
  • GI tract
  • Genital tract
  • Urinary tract

But are opportunistic

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List three serious diseases Viridan Streptococci cause.

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  • Dental caries
  • Meningitis
  • Endocarditis
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Describe how the structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae affects its pathogenicity

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  • Gram-positive cocci the mostly form pairs
  • Unpigmented, alpha-hemolytic colonies on blood agar
  • Polysaccharide capsule (required for virulence)
  • Phosphorylcholine in cell wall
  • Secretory IgA protease
  • Pneumolysin
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Streptococcus pneumoniae: Phosphorylcholine

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  • Stimulates cells to phagocytize the bacteria
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Streptococcus pneumoniae: Secretory IgA protease

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  • Destroys IgA
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Streptococcus pneumoniae: Pneumolysin

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  • Binds to cholesterol in the cytoplasmic membranes of epithelial cells, producing pores that result in lysis of cells
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Streptococcus pneumococcal disease: Pneumococcal pneumonia

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  • Bacteria multiply in the alveoli, damaging the alveolar lining , allowing fluid, RBCs and leukocytes to enter the lungs
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Streptococcus pneumococcal disease: Sinusitis and Otitis Media

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  • Bacteria can invade sinuses and middle ear causing pus and inflammation
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Streptococcus pneumococcal disease: Bacteremia and Endocarditis

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  • Colonize in blood and heart
  • Both in Staph and Strep
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Streptococcus pneumococcal disease: Pneumococcal meningitis

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  • Can spread to the meninges
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Diagnosis of Streptococcus pneumococcus

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  • Gram of sputum smears, positive
  • Confirmed with Quellung reaction - Anti-capsular antibodies cause the capsule to swell
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Quellung reaction

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  • Used to identify pneumococci, in which anti capsular antibodies cause the capsule to swell
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Treatment of Streptococcus pneumoniae

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  • Penicillin
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Prevention of Streptococcus pneumoniae

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  • Vaccine made from purified capsular material

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