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Stept pneumoniae: Virulence Factors
BACTERIAL MENINGITIES
Adhesions: PspA, CpbA: binds CHO on cell surface
IgA protease
Pneumolysin (Pla): cytotox. released when bacteria lyse
Autolysin (LytA): release causes bacteria to release intracell. contents
Peptidogly (PG) & teichoic acid (TA) = capsule, result in tissue damage
Strept pneumoniae: E/P
BACTERIAL MENINGITIES
Person --> person, aerosol or direct
Strept pneumoniae: Clin ID
BACTERIAL MENINGITIES
Gram pos
Lancet shaped
catalase neg
alpha hemolytic
optochin sens
bile soluble
Quellung RXN
Neisseria meningitidis: Virulence Factors
BACTERIAL MENINGITIES
IgA protease
Pili: pil proteins
LOS: toxic & pro-inflamm
Capsule: A, B, C, Y, W135
Neisseria meningitidis: P/E
BACTERIAL MENINGITIES
Person --> person
nasal carriage normal
Sympt: same as meningitis, accomp w/ rash/petechiae (can be fulminating)
Neisseria meningitidis: Clin ID
BACTERIAL MENINGITIES
Gram neg
diplococci
fastidious: chocolate agar
oxidase positive
glucose/maltose fermentation
Hib: Virulence
BACTERIAL MENINGITIES
IgA protease, LPS
Capsule (A-F): B resp for most meningitis
Hib: P/E
BACTERIAL MENINGITIES
person --> person, aerosol or direct
Hib: Clin ID
BACTERIAL MENINGITIES
Gram neg
pleomorphic coccobacilli
facultative anaerobe
fastidious growth: chocolate agar, factor V, Factor X
Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Vir Fact
BACTERIAL MENINGITIES
2 step process:
1. Infect lung macrophages
2. diss to blood via lymphatics
Myocobacterium TB: E/P
BACTERIAL MENINGITIES
inhalation of aerosol, person --> person
Enters lungs first and disseminates to blood
Borrelia burgdorferi: VF
BACTERIAL ENCEPHALITIS
Lyme disease
Dissemination: inflammatory response & lesion at site of bit
spread through blood
Localize in tissue after months (CNS, skin, joints)
Borrelia burgdorferi: P/E
BACTERIAL ENCEPHALITIS
tick bite
symp: initial skin lesion, arthritis, neurological problems
Borrelia burgdorferi: Clin ID
BACTERIAL ENCEPHALITIS
Spirochete
Microaerophilic
Rqs BSK-II to culture
Use serologic test
Treponema pallidum: VF
BACTERIAL ENCEPHALITIS
Tert syph.
Treponema pallidum: P/E
BACTERIAL ENCEPHALITIS
STD
3 stages
Genital chancre
Treponema pallidum: Clin ID
BACTERIAL ENCEPHALITIS
Gram neg
Spirochete
Campylobacter jejuni: VF
POST-INFECTIOUS:
GUILLAIN-BARR
only 800 org needed
chemotaxis, motility, flagella: attach to gut epithelium
Campylobacter jejuni: E/P
POST-INFECTIOUS:
GUILLAIN-BARR
contaminated food
acute paralysis
G-B: demyelinating disorder: immunologic attach on peripheral myelin (X-Rxn: microbial gangliosides and neural Ag)
Campylobacter jejuni: Clin ID
POST-INFECTIOUS:
GUILLAIN-BARR
Gram neg
curved rods
microaerophilic
motile