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Enterobacteriaceae Flashcards

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Enterobacteriaceae - members (8), morphology, metabolic requirements & habitat

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Escherichia, Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Serratia, Citrobacter, Salmonella, Proteus, Yersinia

Gram - rods
Facultative anaerobes
Saprophytes or commensal of GIT/UGT

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Colibacillosis - agent + VFs (4)

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Escherichia coli

O Ag = LPS sugars
K Ag = capsule
H Ag = flagella
F Ag = fimbria (attachment proteins)

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Colibacillosis - clinical manifestations

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Enteritis = ETEC > EPEC/EHEC > EIEC/EAEC
- diarrhoea ± enterotoxaemia, oedema disease, bacteraemia

Extra-intestinal E. coli:

  • Mastitis (cows)
  • Pyometra (dogs)
  • Respiratory colibacillosis (birds)
  • Septicaemia
  • UTIs
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Enteritis via ETEC - VFs (2)

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Fimbriae K88/K99 etc. = attachment to cilia

Enterotoxins = heat labile (LT)/heat stable (ST)

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ETEC enteritis - pathogenesis

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Agent ingested (by young esp)
> attach to cilial receptors via fimbriae
> enterotoxin =↑ adenylate cyclase in epithelial cells = ↑ cAMP
> Dysreg of ion pump
> Electrolyte loss into GI lumen
> secretory diarrhoea
> dehydration/death

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ETEC enteritis - host factors (2)

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Receptor prevalence ∝ sp. + age

  • Po = K88/P987
  • Rum = K99/F41
  • ↓ receptor prevalence w age

Anti-fimbriae Ab is protective (colostrum/milk)

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ETEC enteritis - mgt factors (2)

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Intensive conditions = ↑ environmental contam

↓ body T = ↓ gut motility

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ETEC enteritis - immunity, tx, dx

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Fimbrial vax (po/bo)

Supportive therapy only - don’t use antimicrobials

isolate agent + show toxin elaboration potential

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EPEC/EHEC enteritis - pathogenesis

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Agent ingestion (poorly cooked meat)
> attachment via pilus
> type III secretion system delivers Tir into epithelial cell membranes = actin reorganisation = shape change + attachment
> EHEC secretes shiga-like toxin (↑ vasc perm) = epithelial dmg + enterotoxaemia
> haemolytic-uraemic syndrome

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EIEC enteritis - pathogenesis

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Enteroinvasive E. coli

Agent ingested
> invades GI epithelial cells + replicates
> cell lysis = colonic ulceration

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EAEC enteritis - pathogenesis

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Enteraggregative E. coli

Agent ingested
> attachment via fimbriae + aggretation on epithelial surface
> enterotoxin + Fe-binding gene elaborated

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Oedema disease - agent + pathogenesis

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E. coli (VTEC)

Ingestion + colonisation of intestine
> oedema disease toxin into circ
> ↑ vasc perm of small aa. (GI/subQ/brain)
> oedema
> death w neuro signs
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Oedema disease - VFs (2)

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Toxin-EDP = disrupts cellular protein synthesis

Specific fimbriae/adhesins

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Oedema disease - host factors (2)

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Weanling pigs w loss of lactogenic immunity

Assoc w rapid growth, change in diet, mild diarrhoea

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Gram negative mastitis - agent + origin

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E. coli

Environmental organism

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Gram neg mastitis - mgt factors (3)

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Poor milking hygiene
Vacuum fluctuations
Poor intramammary prep admin at drying off

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Respiratory disease in birds - agent + VFs(3)

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Avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC)

Adhesins = colonise RT
Fe-scavenging systems
Complement resistance

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Respiratory disease of birds - route of inf + pathogenesis

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Inhalation of faecally-contam dust
> adhere to RT via adhesins
> airsacculitis + bacteraemia
> GI/liver/lung granulomas
> sudden death
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Respiratory disease of birds - host factors (2)

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Broilers > layers

Prior RT dmg (immunosuppressive viruses, ↑ [NH3], variable T) may impair MCC

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E. coli UTI/pyometra - origin/host sp + type of infection

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Commensal of lower UGT in dogs/cats

> Ascending UTI of endogenous org’s

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E. coli UTI/pyometra - predisposing factors (7)

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Relaxed host defences/immunosuppression
Δ urine composition (DM)
Abnormal micturition (bladder atony)
Oliguric renal failure
P4 stimulation of endometrium/myometrium
Calculi (reservoir/result of infection)
F > M dt short/wide urethra + proximity to anus
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E. coli UTI/pyometra - VFs (3)

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Receptor-specific fimbriae/pili = adhesion
Haemolysin
Cytotoxic necrotising factor

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Bacteraemia/sepsis dt E. coli - predisposing factors + route of infection/pathogenesis

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Neonates (esp w FPT/poor hygiene)

Entry via umbilicus > multiplication in lymph/blood > endotoxaemia + localisation

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Klebsiella pneumoniae - habitat, diseases caused (3)

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Commmensal of intestine (survives in moist environment e.g. wood shavings as bedding)

Opportunistic pathogen
- cystitis (ca), mastitis (bo), metritis/endometritis (eq.)

Predisposition via heavy AM use

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Lactose fermenting Enterobacteriaceae
``` E. coli Klebsiella pneumoniae Enterobacter Serratia Citrobacter ```
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Non-lactose fermenting Enterobacteriaceae
Salmonella Proteus mirabilis/P. vulgaris Shigella Yersinia pestis/Y. pseudotuberculosis/Y. enterocolitica/Y. yuckeri
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Salmonellosis - disease manifestations (3)
Enteritis Septicaemia > pneumonia/meningitis/polyarthritis Abortion
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Salmonellosis - transmission (mammals + birds)
Inapparent carries w intermittent/long-lasting shedding (induced by stress) Birds (S. gallinarum/pullorum) = transovarial
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Enteric salmonellosis - serovar + pathogenesis
S. typhimurium Faecal contamination > inf by ingestion (dose-dependent) > colonise/invade GI epithelium > intracellular multiplication + cell-cell spread > Inflamm response (PG = hypersecretion + ↑ vasc perm TF fluid exsorption) > Ileitis/colitis > spread to mesenteric LNs > bacteraemia/septicaemia w endotoxaemia > hypovolaemia shock, fever, coagulopathies, hypoglycaemia, death > localisation to cause abortion, meningitis etc.
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Salmonellosis - VFs (4 + 5)
Multifactorial (> 80 genes for survival, chemotaxis etc.) LPS (endotoxin) = pyrogen, shock Adhesins (flagella - non-motile) Salmonella Pathogenicity Islands (SPI) - SPI-1 = type III secretion for invasion of GI epithlium - SPI-2 = type III secretion for survival - SPI-3/4 = survival in MP - SPI-5 = intestinal phase
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Salmonellosis - host factors (2)
Carrier state = persistent active/intermittent latent excretion induced by stress Stress > ↑ susceptibility to inf
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Salmonellosis - mgt factos (3)
↑ stocking density = ↑ env contam + stress Nosocomial inf common Faecal contam of food/water = ↑ ingested dose
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Salmonellosis - immunity + vax type
CMI + humoral | Live attenuated vax
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Salmonellosis - tx
Multiple drug resistance is common (chloramphenicol) AM tx of intestinal cases > enhanced dz
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Salmonellosis - dx (2)
Selective enrichment from faecal samples | Serology (agglutination)
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Pathogenic Proteus spp. (2) | Diseases caused by Proteus (2)
Proteus mirabilis > P. vulgaris Opportunistic UTI/cystitis in small animals Diarrhoea in pups/kittens
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Pathogenic Yersinia spp. + disease caused (4)
Y. pestis - bubonic plague (human) Y. pseudotuberculosis - systemic dz or enteritis (rum.) Y. enterocolitica = enteritis (humans/rum) Y. yuckeri = enteric redmouth (fish)
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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis - route of infection + pathogenesis
``` Ingestion of agent > adhesion/invasion of GI epithelium > mesenteric LNs > MP attracted but killed by Yop effectors (t3SS) > LN abscessation > liver/spleen inf then abscessation > bacteraemia, death ```
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Yersinia pestis - reservoir + route of inf + pathogenesis
Reservoir in rats > Infection by flea bites = direct inoculation into tissue (TF no GI phase) > LNitis (buboes) + lung abscesses (prone to rupture > transmission by aerosols)
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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis VFs (4)
Adhesins = colonisation of GI T3SS = delivers Yop effectors into MP - Secretion induced by shift to 37 deg C/contact w host cells
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Yersinia pestis VFs (2 plasmids)
``` Bacteriocin//plasminogen activator = ↑ invasiveness Murine toxin (exotoxin)/capsular Ag ```
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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis - epidemiology
Wild bird/rodent reservoir | Diarrhoea in 1-2yo sheep/calves in winter-spring
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Yersinia tx
Tetracycline | may induced reactivated excretion

DVM2: Veterinary bacteriology/mycology (9 decks)

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