Salmonella

Question 1

Morphology Salmonella

Answer 1

gram -
motile H antigen
non-spore forming

Question 2

Cultivation Salmonella

Answer 2

facultative anaerobics

4-5mm round, smooth, convex, shiny colonies

Question 3

Biochemical activity Salmonella

Answer 3

lactose -
H2S producer
gas producer( except S. Typhi)

Question 4

Salmonella-enteritis: how do you get infected? And what’s the latency?

Answer 4

Chicken/duck/eggs/pork meat

takes 1-2 days

Question 5

Symptoms of Salm-Enteritis

Answer 5

Nausea
Vomiting
Dizziness
Headache
Sore muscles
Stomach cramps
Thin,watery, bloody mucous diarrhoae

Question 6

Therapy Salm-Enteritis

Answer 6

not too bad: fluid replacement.
Fever+ infections= Fluoroquinolones
(ampicillin, cephalosporins)

Question 7

Pathogenesis Salm-Typhi

Latency time

Answer 7

first 2 weeks are symptom less.
Invastion thourgh Peyer’s patches (GALL BLADDER) M cells. -> infection macrophages -> primary bacteriaemia -> secondary bacteriaemia

Question 8

Symptoms of Salm-Typhi

Answer 8

Fever
bradycardia
hepatosplenomegaly
altered consciousness
rose patches on stomach/ chest!!
leukopenia, eosinophilla
constipation (sketchy)
osteomyolitis sickle cell ( sketchy)

Question 9

Diagnosis Salm-Typhi

Answer 9

blood
bone marrow biopsy
stool
urine

Question 10

Serological method Salm-Typhi

Answer 10

Gruber-Widal tube agglutination (O-H antigens)

Question 11

Theraphy Salm-Typhi

Answer 11

Ciprofloxacin

cephalosporin

Question 12

Prevention Salm-Typhi

Answer 12

Vaccination Typhim