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Shigella - Facultative anaerobic Invasion plasmid antigen Dysentery "shigellosis" Supportive therapy
dysenteriae Non motile Intracellular spread fluid replacement
Non spore forming rod proteins Doc = Ampicillin
Shiga toxin Amoxicillin
G Virulence Factors Clinical Diseases Treatment
Salmonella - Produce gas in fermenting Somatic/O antigen Gastroenteritis/diarrhea Ciprofloxacin
typhi Glucose H antigen Bacteremia Chloramphenicol
Produce H2S from thiosulfate Vi antigen Extra intestinal infection Trimethoprim
Endotoxin Enteric fever(thypoid) Sulfamenthoxazole
Invasin Ceftriaxone
8 VIBRIONACEAE
Vibrio cholerae - Highly motile Adherence&colonization Cholera Fluid replacement
Curved rods Secretion of cholera toxin Dehydration IV glucose solution w/
W/ single polar flagellum Hypotension Electrolyte
Death Antibiotic therapy
Non epidemic diarrhea Doc = Tetracycline,
Extra intestinal infection of Chloramphenicol
Wounds, Respiratory Cephalosporin
tract Urinary tract, CNS
V. parahaemolyticus-------------- Gastroenteritis
V. vulnificus-------------------------- Septicemia, Wound Infection,
Fish and Shellfish : Skin Ulcer
V. alginolyticus---------------------- Wound infection: External otitis
9 CAMPYLOBACTERIACEAE
Campylobacter - 42-45C x below39C/above47C flagella foodboune illness: erythromycin
jejuni 5-10% oxygen enterotoxin fever:headache&malaise
6.5-7.5 pH cytotoxin enteritis
survive as high as 8 low as 4.8
Helicobacter - Spiral shaped rod Cytotoxin Duodenal peptic ulcer Acid lowering drugs:
pylori Capnophilic Gastric ulcer Ranitidine
Microaerophilic Gastric cancer Cimetidine
Urease producing Laboratory diagnosis: Famotidine
Stomach & duodenum Carbon14urea breath Test Omeprazole
0.5-3 um Carbon13urea breath Test Pantoprazole
4-6 Flagella to one pole Blood Test Lansoprazole
Endoscopy Triple therapy routine:
Bismuth subcitrate
Metronidazole
Tetracycline HCL or
Amoxicillin
10 SPIROCHETES
Treponema - Obligate parasite Virulence Primary syphilis DoC = Penicillin
pallidum Helically coiled Binding to endothelial Secondary syphilis
Corkscrew shape cell (Condylomata lata)
6-15 um long Laboratory Diagnosis: Latent stage
0.1-0.2um wide Darkfield Examination Tertiary syphilis
*Outer membrane Serologic Test Congenital syphilis
Axial membrane Non Specific Test
Cytoplasmic tubules (Cardiolipin):
Inner cytoplasmic membrane *Wasserman Test
Venereal Disease
Research Lab test(VDRL)
Rapid Plasma
Reagin(RPR)
Treponemal antibody:
*FTA-Abs
TPI test
MHA-TP test
Borrelia - High flexible, Move by rotation Antigenic variation Relapsing fever Erythromycin
recurrentis And by Twisting Agglutins, Complement Doxycycline
Blood stain: Giesma/Wright Fixing antibody, lytic Chloramphenicol
Antibodies Panicillin G
Doxycycline (except in
Children & pregnant)
G Virulence Factors Clinical Diseases Treatment
Leptospira - Highly Coiled and Motile Hemolysin Leptospirosis Doxycycline
interrogans 0.1 Um Diameter Endotoxin (Weil's Disease) Amoxycillin +
6-20 Um Length Endotoxin Canicola Fever Erythromycin
W/ Hooked End Endotoxin Hemorrhagic jaundice
Mud Fever
Swineherd's Disease
11 FUNGI LIKE (FILAMENTOUS Bacteria)
Actinomyces - Anaerobic Granules Actinomycosis Penicillin G
israelii Mouth (Dental Plaque)
Laboratory Diagnosis:
Macroscopic Exam
(Yellow/Sulfur Granules)
Cultures
12 OPPURTUNISTIC Bacteria
Klebsiella - Enterobacteriaceae Capsule pneumonia sensitivity testing
pneumonia Lactose fermenter Resistance Plasmids UTI empiric therapy;
GIT aminoglycoside
Ability to Fix Nitrogen cephalosporin
Proteus - Facultative Anaerobe Flagellum UTI carbenicillin
mirabilis GIT Fimbrae Kidney stones amikacin
Bladder, Surgical Wounds, Urease Wound infection aminoglycosides
Lungs, Urinary Tract Hemolysin septicemia
Swarming Motility
Pseudomonas - Immune system weakened Alginate Capsule Ear infection in children Resistant to variety of
aeruginosa One/Ten Hospital infection Pilin/Nonpilus Adhesion Bacteremia, 50%mortality antibiotics
Found In Med. equipments Hemolysin
(Phospholipase C)
Proteases
Exotoxin A
Exotoxin S
Antibiotic resistance
13 ZOONOTIC Bacteria
Brucella - Non motile rod Resist phagocytosis Contagious abortion (cattle) DoC = Tetracycline
abortus Produce catalase Survive intracellularly Undulant fever (human)
Oxidase positive
Grows slowly Laboratory Diagnosis:
Require complex media Agglutination Test
Containing serum or blood Enzyme Immunoassay
Yersinia pestis - Rodent pathogen Ysc proteins Inflammation of lymph Doc = Streptomycin
Rat flea Yops Plague or Black death
Coccobacillary pPct or pPCP1 Bubonic & Pneumonic forms
Laboratory Diagnosis:
Safety pin
Francisella - Non motile Coccobacillus Endotoxin Tularemia(Rabbit fever) DoC = Gentamicin
tularensis Requires Cystine
Grows well Legionella media
and BCYE
Slowly on enriched Columbia
base blood agar
2 Biovars:
Jellison type A (high virulent)
Jellison type B (mild disease)