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What are 2 key features of Streptococci?

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1) catalase NEG

2) cocci in pairs and chaines (strep is a strip)

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________ are aerobic while _____________ are anaerobic

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staph (aero)

strep (anaero)

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How do you know if an organism is catalase positive or negative?

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catalase positive - O2 bubbles up

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What are the 3 hemolytic properties of strep?

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1) COMPLETE hemolysis (beta)
2) incomplete hemolysis (alpha)
3) NO hymolysis (gamma)

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What is the important strep species of Group A?

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streptococcus pyogenes

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What is the important strep species of Group B?

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streptococcus agalactiae

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What kind of infections are associated with S. pyogenes?

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1) ACUTE PHARYNGITIS (resp droplets, 5-15 year old with fever, sore throat, headache, swollen lymph nodes)
2) IMPETIGO (2-5 child with localized skin disease)
3) ERYSIPELAS (spreading erythema with well demarcated edge on face or legs, fever and lymphadenopathy)
4) SCARLET FEVER
5) NEC FASC

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What are 7 clinical manifestations of strep pyogenes infection?

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1) Acute pharyngitis
2) Impetigo
3) Erysipelas
4) Scarlet fever
5) Nec fas
6) Toxic shock-like syndrome
7) Puerperal sepsis

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What two bacteria can cause toxic shock?

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staph and strep (group A)

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Which toxic shock like syndrome toxins belong to staph? strep?

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staph = TSST-1
strep = SPE
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What patient population do you see puerperal sepsis?

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women following delivery

bacteria from genital tract or obstetric personnel invade upper genital tract

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What are dangerous sequelae after strep?

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Rheumatic fever (1-5 weeks after)

Acute glomerulonephritis (antigen+antibody+C deposited in glomeruli)

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Why can rheumatic fever be dangerous?

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cardiac lesions called Aschoff bodies and vascular damage leads to possible endocarditis later in life

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What are 4 accomplishments of group A strep that help promote virulence?

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  1. adhere to surface of host cells
  2. invade epithelial cells
  3. avoid opsonization/phagocytosis
  4. produce variety of toxins/enzymes
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What are the 7 S. pyogenes virulence factors?

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Capsular polysaccharide
lipoteichoic acid
hemolysins
streptokinase
hyaluronidase
nuclease
C5a peptidase
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What are the 2 hemolysins of S. pyogenes?

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Streptolysin S (oxygen stable, non-antigenic)
Streptolysin O (oxygen labile, ASO antibodies)
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What is SPE?

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streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins

superantigens of s. pyogenes; stimulate cytokine response leading to shock
responsible for rash in scarlet fever (erythrogenic exotoxin)

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What protein is absolutely required for the pathogenesis of s. pyogenes?

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M protein

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What does the M protein do?

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  • binds to epidermal cells
  • allows bacteria to survive
  • antiphagocytic
  • degrades complement C3b
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What 2 proteins of s. pyogenes allows for spread of bacteria in tissues?

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streptolysins

streptokinase

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True or false: there are antibiotic resistant strep pyogenes?

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FALSE

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What drugs do you use to treat s. pyogenes?

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penicillin/ampicillin/amoxacillin

cephalosporins

erythromycin (for pen allergic patient)

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What does strep agalactiae cause?

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  • neonatal pneumonia, sepsis, meningitis
  • skin/wound infections in adult diabetic patients
  • endocarditis
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Is strep agalactiae normal on the body anywhere?

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throat, vaginal and GI tract

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How can baby get GBS (group b strep)?
normal maternal colonization of vagina or rectum exposes baby at delivery leads to meningitis, bacteremia, pneumoniae
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How do you prevent babies from getting GBS at delivery?
culture mom at 35-37 weeks and treat mom as if she is positive
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How do you treat GBS?
penicillin/ampicillin gentamicin to enhance killing clindamycin for pen allergic
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Aside from s. pyogenes and s. agalactiae, what are the other beta hemolytic strep?
``` Group C (vet infections, pharyngitis in college kids, sepsis) Group F (abscesses) Group G (pharyngitis, sepsis in neonates) ```
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How do you diagnose GBS?
antigen test culture identification antibody detection (ASO, Anti-DNase)
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True or false: if GBS strep test comes up negative, pt is negative
FALSE; always do a back up culture
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What are Viridans Streptococci?
alpha or gamma hemolytic (NO BETA) major cause of dental caries important cause of endocarditis causes sepsis in neutropenic cancer patient
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What are the 5 groups of viridans strep?
- sanguis - mitis - mutans - salivarius - bovis
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What is included in the bovis group? What does it cause?
non-enterococcal group D strep bacteremia, meningits, endocarditis
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Isolation of s. bovis from blood is associated with what?
carcinoma of colon
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What bacteria has butterscotch scent on agar plates? also requires CO2 for isolation and makes pinpoint colonies
strep milleri
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Where are strep milleri infections usually found?
brain absecesses | cause pyogenic infections of cardiac, abdominal, skin and CNS tissues
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Where is strep milleri usually found?
mouth, oropharynx, GI tract, vagina
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Where is strep pneumoniae usually found?
upper resp tract
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What can strep pneumo cause?
- pneumonia - paranasal sinusitis - otitis media - meningitis - osteomyelitis - septic arthritis - endocarditis - peritonitis - cellulitis
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For which bug is a polysaccharide capsule important virulence factor?
strep pneumoniae
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Name the 5 virulence factors of strep pneumoniae
- pneumolysin - neuraminidase - phosphorylcholine - sIgA protease - Teichoic acid/peptidoglycan
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What does sIgA protease do?
prevent IgA mediated binding of pneumococcal cells to mucus
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What does teichoic acid/peptidoglycan do?
activates complement by alt pathway --> mediates inflammation
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What is the most common cause of CA acute bacterial pneumonia? Also most common cause of bacterial meningitis
s. pneumoniae
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What is responsible for the highest rate of meningitis in kids under 2?
s. pneumoniae
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What does s. pneumoniae look like?
gram+ lancet shaped cocci diplococci
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What does s. pneumoniae look like on blood agar?
dimes, alpha hemolytic
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What inhibits s. pneumoniae growth in the lab?
optochin
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How do you decide how to treat strep pneumococcal infections?
look at MIC for susceptibility
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What 3 drugs can you give for susceptible pneumococcal infections?
penicillin cefotaxime ceftriaxone
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What are some characteristics of enteroccus?
``` gram+ pairs short chains group D PYR pos a, B, y hemolytic ```
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What are the 2 classes of entercoccus virulence factors?
1) colonization - aggregation substance - carbohydrate adhesins 2) secreted - cytolysin - pheromone - gelatinase
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true or false: there are some vancomycin resistant enterococci
TRUE (E. faecium) Van A - plasmid mediated Van B - chromosomal Van C - intrinsic Makes YELLOW colonies
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What are enterococcal infections intrinsically resistant to?
all cephalosporins, trimetoprim-sulfa, aminoglycosides

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