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How are bacteria named?

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genus and then species

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What organism causes meningitis disease? (cocci)

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Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus)

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What is meningitis?

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inflammation of the meninges and septicaemia.

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How could you diagnose meningitis?

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CSF and Blood cultures

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What bacteria causes urethritis in men and pelvic inflammatory disease in women? (cocci)

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

spread by sexual contact

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What bacteria causes respiratory tract infections? (cocci)

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moraxella catarrhalis

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What are coliforms? (gram negative bacilli)

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organisms which are in the family enterobacteriaceae

mainly commensals of large human intestine

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What is used in preliminary identification?

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Lactose fermentation is a useful preliminary test in classifying
Gram negative bacilli

CLED Agar gives colour change if lactose is fermented

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What is Escherichia coli?

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vast array of virulence mechanisms- pili, capsule, endotoxin and exotoxins

ferments lactose

over 160 serotypes based on O antigen (LPS)

Important cause of UTI but causes a wide spectrum

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What is the E coli that is the commonest cause of traveller’s diarrrhoea?

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Enterotoxogenic E.coli - produces toxins

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What E coli gives rise to bloody diarrhoea?

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Enterohaemorrhagic E.coli

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What E coli is associated with haemolytic uraemic syndrome?

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E coli O157

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Describe salmonella spp?

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Does not ferment lactose.

Second commonest cause of bacterial diarrhoea in UK.

Can be invasive i.e. enters bloodsteam

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Describe salmonella typhi?

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cause of typhoid fever
* Fever, constipation early stages.
* Organism can be isolated from blood cultures as well as faeces.
* Risk during foreign travel but vaccine available

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What is Shigella spp?

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cause of diarrhoea,dysentry

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What is klebsiella spp?

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cause of UTI and hospital acquired pneumonia

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What is proteus spp?

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Causes UTI – often associated with stones

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What is campylobacter spp?

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  • Microaerophilic– likes low O2 .
  • Source is domestic animals and chickens.
  • Spread via faecal-oral route.
    content
  • Foul smelling -> bloody diarrhoea (incubation period 2-5
    days).
  • Commonest cause of bacterial diarrhoea in UK
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What is helicobacter pylori?

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  • Curved rods.
  • Natural habitat is human stomach.
  • Damages mucosa and causes ulcers.
  • Strong risk factor for gastric adenocarcinoma
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What is haemophilus influenzae?

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  • Cocco-bacilli (mixed appearance).
  • Causes respiratory tract infection (second to S. pneumoniae).
  • Capsulate form (type “b”) was formerly an important cause of
    meningitis in children (Hib conjugate vaccine)
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What is pseudomonas spp?

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  • Water and soil coloniser – drains, sinks, mops.
  • May contaminate medical equipment.
  • Hospital acquired cause of sepsis: e.g. UTI,
    bacteraemia, pneumonia (rare).
  • Feared respiratory pathogen in cystic fibrosis.
  • Multi-drug resistance mechanisms.
  • Limited treatment options.
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What are anaerobes?

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  • Often part of a polymicrobial infection.
  • Increasing importance and recognition.
  • Bacteriodes spp.
  • Prevotella
  • Porphyromonas
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What is bacteroides fragilis?

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  • Part of normal colonic flora.
  • Causes intra-abdominal abscess.
  • May spread to other sites
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Give examples of oral anaerobes?

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-Prevotella
* Porphyromonas e.g. P. gingivalis
* Pasteurella spp
* Capnocytophyga spp

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Why would bacteria not stain by gram method?
not all bacteria have same cell wall and some don't have cell wall.
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Describe the acid and alcohol fast bacilli?
Resistant to decolourisation by acid or alcohol after staining with carbolfuchsin. * Mycobacterium species are visualised with special stains e.gZiehl-Neelsen(ZN) or Auramine
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Why are we interested in AAFBs? (mycobacteria)
the aetiological agent of tuberculosis , Mycrobacterium tuberculosis is an important member of the AAFB -if clinician suspicious of tuberculosis- stained using special stains
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Laboratory identification of mycobacteria?
* ZN or Auramine phenol (screening). * Does not identify species!!! * Culture required for ID. * New automated liquid culture. * Growth in 2-4 weeks. * Molecular detection and identification of MTB possible
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What is the disease that mycobacterium tuberculosis causes?
tuberculosis
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What disease is caused by mycobacterium leprae and what is its features?
leprosy mycobacterium leprae cannot be cultured attacks peripheral nerves
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Describe spirochaetes?
* Long, spiral-shaped bacteria. * Not easily visualised by light microscopy. * Very difficult to culture (never Treponema pallidum). * Dark ground microscopy or immunofluorescence. * Often diagnosed by serology
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What diseases are caused by spirochaetes?
syphillis lyme disease leptospirosis
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Describe the stages of syphillus?
* Primary syphilis: non-painful skin lesion (chancre) at the site of infection (skin or mucous membranes) * Secondary syphilis (6-8 weeks after primary symptoms): generalised systemic illness and rash * Latent phase: symptomatic episodes may occur * Tertiary syphilis (years after primary symptoms): central nervous system * Congenital syphilis: stillbirth, neonatal death or disease
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Describe the stages of lyme disease?
* Transmitted by ticks. * Stage 1: Skin rash (erythema chronicum migrans) appears at the site of the tick bite. * Stage 2: Systemic illness occurs in some patients weeks or months later when patients suffer cardiac or neurological and musculoskeletal symptoms * Stage 3: Chronic disease, occurring years later when patients present with chronic skin, nervous system or joint abnormalities * Diagnosed by clinical assessment and serology (antibody detection)
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Describe leptospirosis?
* Infects animals and concentrates in the kidneys. * Spread is via infected urine and other body fluids and tissues (zoonosis). * At-risk groups– sewage workers– watersports. * Range of clinical presentations– Weil’s disease – febrile illness with systemic upset, liver and renal failure, aseptic meningitis, 10 % mortality.
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Describe chlamydia?
* Obligate intracellular bacteria. * Culture only in cell lines (do not grow on agar). * Can be diagnosed by serology.
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What are the chlamydia respiratory infections?
– Chlamydophila pneumoniae– Chlamydophila psittaci (psittacosis)- contact with birds.
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What is chalmydia trachomatis?
can cause trachoma and genital and neonatal infections
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What shape are bacilli bacteria?
rod shaped
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