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Escherichia coli Flashcards

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gram
shape
respiration
motility?
ferment glucose?
ferment lactose?
oxidase
catalase

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gram negative
rod
facultative anaerobe
motile by peritrichous flagella
ferment glucose
ferment lactose
oxidase negative
catalase positive

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where do they normally live, are most pathogenic

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normally live in intestinal tract
most are avirulent

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how can they cause disease

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when acquire virulence
escape gut

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antimicrobial resistane casues what and is due to what

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causes treatment failure
due to beta lactams, fluorquinolones

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what is LPS lipid A

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active component of endotoxin

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which ones are in small bowel

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ETEC
EPEC

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which ones are in large bowel

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EHEC
EIEC

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what is ETEC, where is it located

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enterotoxigenic e coli
small bowel

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ETEC fimbrial adhesins

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attachment to small intestine

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ETEC enterotoxins

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heat labile enterotoxin (LT) – cAMP
heat stable enterotoxin (ST) – cGMP accumulation in cells

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what type of diarrhea does ETEC cauase

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watery diarrhea

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ETEC – neonatal diarrhea – animals affected

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enteric colibacillosis
newborn calves, lambs, piglets (first week of life)

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ETEC – neonatal diarrhea – how do animals become resistant

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shed fibroreceptors as age – become resistant to ETEC

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ETEC – neonatal diarrhea – syptoms

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diarrhea, dehydration, death

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ETEC – neonatal diarrhea – treatment

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milk with fluids and electrolytes
hydration

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ETEC – neonatal diarrhea – control

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feed ample colostrum

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ETEC – postweaning diarrhea – animals affected

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enteric colibacillosis
common cause of death in weaned pigs (1-2 weeks post weaning)

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ETEC – postweaning diarrhea – what can case it

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ETEC or EPEC

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ETEC – postweaning diarrhea – symptoms

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watery diarrhea, loss of appetite, purplish discoloration of skin

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ETEC – postweaning diarrhea – control

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vaccination, breeding for disease ressitance

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ETEC – postweaning diarrhea – treatment

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antimicrobial resistance testing important

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what is EPEC and where is it located

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enteropathogenic e coli
small bowel

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EPEC – adhesion

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no fimbrio adhesion
intimin

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EPEC – lesions

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pedestal formation – loss of microvilli
attaching and effacing lesions

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EPEC – symptoms

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watery diarrhea
contributes to post weaning diarrhea

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what is EHEC and where is it located

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enterohemorrhagic e coli
large bowel

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virulence of EHEC

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intimin
T3SS
attaching and effacing lesions

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EHEC key virulence factor

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shiga toxin – hemorrhagic diarrhea, kidney failure

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other names for EHEC

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shiga toxin producing e coli (STEC)
verocytotoxin producing e coli (VTEC)

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primary reservoir of EHEC, do they get sick

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cattle
cattle remain healthy

31
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why do cattle remain healthy with EHEC

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cattle don’t have shiga toxin receptor Gb3

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EHEC – edema disease of pigs – age of pigs, what type of shiga toxin

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1-2 weeks after weaning
shiga toxin strain stx2e

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EHEC – edema disease of pigs – symptoms

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swelling of eyelids, muscular tremors, unusual squeal or snort, neurological dysfunction, flaccid paralysis and death within 36 hours

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what is EIEC and location

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enteroinvasive e coli
large bowel

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what type of pathogen is EIEC

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obligate intracellular pathogen in colon

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EIEC virulence

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ipaH
T3SS

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EIEC symptoms

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inflammation, necrosis, ucleration of bowel
watery to bloody diarrhea with fever

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which speceis relatively resistnat to EIEC

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dogs and cats relatively resistant
human enteric pathogen

39
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shigella:
gram
shape
motility?
toxin
symptoms
disease
hosts

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gram negative
rod
non motile, no flagella
produces shiga toxin
bloody diarrhea
shigellosis
more of a human pathogen
can invade host cell

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what is ExPEC, different types

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extraintestinal pathigenic e coli
SEPEC
APEC
UPEC
MPEC

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what is SEPEC
animals affected
what does it invade

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septicemia e coli
newborn calves, lambs, poultry, immunocompromised animals
invasion of bloodstream – systemic infection

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SEPEC – virulence

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fimbrial ahdesions
serum resistance
aerobactin iron uptake
LPS
cytotoxic necrotizing factors

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SEPEC in lambs

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watery mouth disease in lambs
death

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SEPEC diseases

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pyrexia
depression
weakness
hypothermia
prostration
meningitis
pneumonia
arthritis
diarrhea

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what is APEC
animals affected and type of disease

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avian pathogenic e coli
systemic disease of birds and poultry

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APEC virulence

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type I (FI) and P fimbriae
LPS
serum resistance
aerobactin iron uptake

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APEC diseases

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septicemia
egg yolk peritonitis
penumonia
airsacculitis
salpingitis

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what is UPEC
zoonosis?
what does it cause

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uropathogenic e coli
zoonotic potential
UTI – cystitis, pyelonephritis

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UPEC virulence

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type I pili attachment
hemolysin A
LPS
CNF-1 – inflammaotry response
aerobactin, capsule – survival in blood
intracellular bacterial communities
quiescent intracellular reservoirs

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UPEC – males or females more susceptible, why

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females more susceptible
bacteria enter through urethra
males have long urethra – bacteria don’t reach bladder as easily

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UPEC diseases

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cystitis, pyelonephritis, pyometra, prostatitis

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what is MPEC
what does it cause
how is it caused

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mammary pathogenic e coli
casues mastitis
casued by fecal contamiantion of mammary gland through teat sphincter relaxation

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MPEC symptoms

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udder swelling, pain, and redness
reduced milk production and quality

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MPEC treatment

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mild mastitis cured without treatment
when systemic – requires treatment

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blood agar
macconkey agar
EMB
chromogenic agar

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hemolytic on blood agar
pink colonies on macconkey
metallic sheen on EMB
dark blue on chromogenic agar

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IVMiC test

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indole positive
methyl red positive
voges proskauer negative
citrate negative

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molecular typing

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MLST
PFGE
RAPD

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identification

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ETEC – ELISA, PCR, latex agglutination
EPEC – urease +, PCR, effacement of mucosal surface
STEC – edema, bloody diarrhea, hemolytic on blood agar, serotype
SEPEC – isolation from blood, PCR (serum resistance)
UPEC – isolation from urine, type I pili

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treatment

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rehydration
antibiotics – test for susceptibility

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control

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colostrum after birth
reduced stress at weaning
hygiene
vaccines

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ETEC summary

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intestinal e coli
fimbriae, enterotoxins
newborn calves, lambs, piglets
watery diarrhea
neonatal diarrhea, post weaning diarrhea

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EPEC summary

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intestinal e coli
intimin, T3SS
newborn calves, lambs, pigments
watery diarrhea
post weaning diarrhea

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EHEC (STEC/VTEC) summary

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intestinal e coli
intimin. T3SS, shiga toxin
bloody diarrhea
edema disease

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EIEC (shigella) sumamry

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intestinal e coli
invasion
humans
bloody diarrhea, dysentery

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ExPEC summary

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extraintestinal e coli
serum resistance, aerobactin, type I and P fimbriae, hemolysin, CNF1
newborn calves, lambs, piglets, poultry, dogs, cows, sows
septicemia, systemic infection
colisepticemia, UTI, mastitis

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