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(Fungus Bacterium)
Classification: (Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology)
Acid (alcohol) fastness :- Resists decolourization by acidified alcohol after stained with basic
fuschin)
Presence of mycolic acid (in cell wall)
A G+C (Guanine + Cytosine) content of DNA of 61-71 mol %
Genus Mycobacterium
Tuberculosis
History
Norcardia
Actinomyces
Corynebacterium
Rhodococcus
Culture
Non-motile
Non-spore forming
Weakly Gram (+)
Aerobic or microaerophilic (M. Tuberculosis is strictly aerobic)
Straight or slightly curved rod-shaped
Some coccobacillary
- Filamentous
- Branched forms
Some spp produced pigments (yellow orange)
- In the dark (scotochromogens)
- After exposure to light (photochromogens)
- No-pigmentation (Non-chromogens)
Some slow growers (>7/7 to form visible colonies)
Some rapid growers (<7/7)
1959 – Runyon divided mycobacterium into 4 groups
i. Group I = Photochromogens
ii. Group II = Scotochromogens
iii. Group III = Non-Chromogens
iv. Group IV = Rapid growers
Groups I-III are slow growers
Mycobacterium:
As pathogens f. M. haemophilum
i. Obligate pathogens g. M. leprae
a. M. tuberculosis h. M. malmoense
b. M. bovis i. M. microti
c. M. africanum j. M. paratuberculosis
d. M. ascaticum k. M. shimodei
e. M. farcinogens l. M. Simiae
m. M. Szulgai
a. M. avium h. M. intracellulare
b. M. chelonae i. M. marinum
c. M. fortuitum j. M. senegalense
d. M. kansasii k. M. scrofulaceum
e. M. ulcerans l. M. xenopi
f. M. terrae m. M. malmoense
g. M. genavense
TUBERCULOSIS
Chronic granulomatous disease
Affects humans and many mammals
At one time – single most important infectious disease of humans ( 1/7th of all deaths
worldwide)
Presently:
- 1/3 world population infected
- Cause about 3 million deaths per year (>5% of all deaths)
- Is becoming a reemerging disease because of HIV
Caused by 4 very closely related spp:
i. M. tuberculosis (Humans)
ii. M. bovis (Cattle)
iii. M. africanum (intermediate of above)
a. Type I: In West Africa (~M. bovis)
b. Type II: In East Africa (~M. Tuberculosis)
iv. M. microti (Vole) – Not in man
M. canetti (Very rare M. TB c smooth)
M. bovis variant in good few TB in vets (M. caprae)
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Acid fast bacteria
Obligate aerobe
Non-motile
Non-sporing
Unencapsulated
Straight / Slightly curved rod
3 x 0.3 µm in size
Grow in several enriched media
LJ – most widely used
(Whole egg, glycerol, asparagine, salt)
+ Malachite green (inhibit contaminants – kills other microorganisms)
M. TB M. bovis M. africanum
Atmospheric Obligate aerobe (on Micro-aerophilic (few Micro-aerophilic
preference surface) mm below surface)
Growth in LJ Heaped up luxuriant Small flat dysgonic Intermediate
eugonic
Reduce nitrate + - Variable
Nitrite
Niacin production ++ +/- +/-
Sensitivity to S R S
pyrazinamide
Sensitivity to thiopen-2 R S S
carboxylic acid
hydrazide (TCH)
M. Tuberculosis
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Primary TB
If part of entry – mouth (milk, food)
= Primary complex
Tonsil
Cervical lymph node enlarged (Scrofula)
Intestine (ileocaecal region + mesenteric lymph node)
If part of entry – skin
Skin + regional lymph nodes = Primary complex (Prospecter’s Wart)
1-2 weeks:
POST PRIMARY TB
Diagnosis
Clinical
X-ray
Tuberculin test
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Purified protein derivative (PPD)
Mantoux test Intracutaneously
Heaf test Gun with 6 prongs
Tine test Dried PPD onto prongs for 1 test (disposable)
PPD activities:-
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1:1000 10 iu } 0.1 ml
1:10000 1 iu }
Standard : 10 iu
iu = international unit
5-10 mm
>10 mm
Interpretation
Endemic areas
Non-endemic areas
Children
Immunocompromised
Lab specimens
= Sputum, bronchial washings, biopsies, gastric aspirates, CSF/Pleural fluid, etc
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DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING
TREATMENT
Drugs = 3 groups
1. Sterilizing
- Rifampin
- Pyrazinamide
2. Bacteriostatic
- Ethionamide
- Prothionamide
- Thiacetazone
- P-aminosalicylic acid
- Cycloserine
3. Bacteriocidal
- Isoniazid
- Streptomycin
- Ethambutol
α-PGL (glycolipid)
PCR
BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin)
- Protects children for severe TB
- Offers cross protection against Leprosy
Leprosy
(Morbus Hansen [MH])
(Hansen’s disease)
Definition: A chronic mycobacterial disease primarily affecting the peripheral nervous system and
secondarily involving skin and other tissues.
History
● 600 B.C – written records in India
● 150 B.C – written records in China
● 2nd century BC – Egyptian mummies
● From Egypt -> Europe (150 AD: Greece)
● Then -> Americas & other parts of the world
● 1983: WHO -> Estimated total in world – 10.5 million
● 1996 (Multiple drug treatment) -> 1.3 million
● Malaysia –Common Orang Asli & Foreign workers
Etiology
Mycobacterium Leprae [unculturable in lab] (Armauer Hansen 1874)
Grown in:
● mouse footpad
● 9 banded armadillos (discovered because of Armauer Hansen’s wife)
Transmission:
Nerve damage
● Anaesthesia
● Muscle paralysis
Skin -> usually first sign/symptom
TUBERCULOID LEPROMATOUS
● Those with the better immune system will suffer from the tuberculoid form.
● Those with the lepromatous form will have a negative tuberculin test.
● The safest area to wear earings/studs is at the ear lobes. Anywhere else, then it will easily
affect the ear cartilage. It could lead to cauliflower ear. (Pak Nasa’s story)
More WHO criteria:
● Uveitis
Orchitis
Immune-Complex Nephritis
Facial skin may become crumpled and look like a lion (Facies leonina)
DIAGNOSIS
History & physical examination
● Ear lobe
● Nasal secretion
● Nasal mucosa
Histology – granuloma + caseation
Skin test
●α-PGL
●Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Treatment:
Add
●Rifampin
●Clofazimine (side effect: Skin discolouration)
Other drugs
● Prothionamide
● Ofloxacin
● Minocycline
WHO
Paucibacillary
●Rifampin
●Dapsone
●(Give these for 6 months)
Multibacillary
●Rifampin
●Dapsone
●Clofazimine
●(Given for 2 years or more)
Reactions:
Lepra/Jopling’s Type I:
● Erythema Nodosum
● Leprosum
Infections by environmental (Opportunistic) mycobacteria (Pak Nasa said this part is not important)
Runyon’s classification
a. Photochromogens (Group I)
● M. Kansasii
● M. Marinum
● M. Simiae
b. Scotochromogens (Group II)
● M. Scrofulaceum
● M. gordonae
● M. szulgai
c. Non-Chromogens (Group III)
● M. avium
● M. intercellulare
● M. malmoense
● M. xenopi
● M. ulcerans
● M. terrae
d. Rapid Growers (Group IV)
● M. chelonae
Principal types of opportunistic mycobacterial infections in man
Lymphadenopathy
● M. Avium complex
● M. Scrofulaceum
Skin lesions
a.Post-trauma abscesses
● M. Chelonae
● M. Fortuitum
● M. Terrae
b.Swimming Pool Granuloma
● M. Marinum
c.Buruli ulcer
● M. Ulcerans
Pulmonary Disease
● M. Avium complex
● M. Kansasii
● M. Xenopi
● M. Malmoeure
Disseminated Disease
a. AIDS related
● M. Avium complex
● M. Genevense
b. Non-AIDS related
● M. Avium complex
● M. Chelonae