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What are the Infection pathogens in Gi Tract?
(5)
Salmonella sp
Shigella sp -- Plesiomonas sp.
Campylobacter sp.
Yersinia enterocolitica
Aeromonas sp
What genus are these species members of:
dysentriae
flexneri,
boydii,
sonei
-
-Plesiomonas
Salmonella sp.
--Plesiomonas no its own

What are 2 other vibrio sp aside from V. cholerae?
V parahemolyticus
V. vulnificus
What are the Inflammatory Gastroenteritis that cause Invasive Infections Genres?
(7 Genres, one with two species specificically
Salmonella sp, Yersinia enterocolitica, V. parhaemolyticus
Shigella sp, Facisella tularensis
Campylobacter sp, EIEC and EHEC

What are 3 important features/Sx with INVASIVE Gastroenteritis
May NOT haven any D or V
-Dysentery MAY be present (w/ mucous and bloody Feces)
FECAL LEUKOCYTES PRESENT
-Fever among other Systemic Sx
With these GI bugs, most are Gram Neg Rods, what helps distinguish among them
Lactose Fermentors
Features of Salmonella bug?
Gram?
Shape?
Air?
Lactose
Gram Neg
Rods,
Motile
NOT Lactose
Facultative Anaerobe

Of 3 Salmonella sp., which 2 cause gastroenteritis, what do the other 2 cause?
-S. enteritidis & S. choleraesuis = gastroenteritis (GE)
S. typi & S. paratyphi = Typhoid/Enteric Fever
What is habitat for Salmonella sp?
S. typhi -- humans
S. enteritidis & S. choleraesuis --intestines of animals: pultry callte, reptiles
Transmission for Salmonella sp.?
Popular Transmission?
Fecal Oral
-Animals to humans (turtles, iguanas)
-Animal Produces to Humans:
contaminated foods--more common in summer & IN OUTBreak Situations
--Think eggs, raw meats, milk, mayo,
What are the 3 antigens for typing Salmonella sp.?
Surface Antigens:
O Ag (gram negs have LPS)
H Ag (flagellar: Salm is motile)
Vi Ag (capsular polysaccharide)
---Note: this is for typing, NOT necessarily for Naming the strain. LEAST ORganized Genus of bacteria
What Salmonellas are cause of Enteric Fevers? (2)
S. paratyphi
S. typhi

-note: S. enterica are MOST Salmonella species. The ABOVE are Subspecies
Causes for high Incidence of Salmonellosis?
Poor Sanitation
-S. enteritidis has >40K /yr in US

-S. typhi --rare in US, more invasive strain too
Bacterial load for infectioN with Salm.?
Req. Large load--Gastic Acid kills
How do bacterial proteins get into cell with Salmonella?

Where do they live?
Bacterial Type III Secretory System= Needle that injects Proteins in.
---Promotes Internalization and live Intracellularly in vacuoles

Physically, what does the Type III Secretory System do to Host cell
Causes it to ruffle and Ingest Bacteria in Large Vacuoles--in add to effector Pr injection--which modifies Actin polymerization and other shit
What is name for proteins that are injected into the host cell?

Give examples of effect?
Effector Proteins
-induce MAPK
-Actin Binding
-Inflammation
-Cl- secretion /IP3/DAG
Where do Salm replicate
In vacuoles, cause cell lysis
--Can escape into extracellular environment and enter MEsenteric Lymph nodes
--some to blood
What do most Infections of Salm result in?
Fever, Abdominal Pain adn D
Inflam D. by invading the Epi Cells
What engulfs Salmonella cells?
Ruffles of the Membrane of host cell---becomes phagocytic though they aren't phags
Which Salmonella sp. has the following:
Inflammatory D.--invades epi cells
-May invade blood stream
-Controlled by phagocytic defences
S. enteritidis

-with all others, Immunocomporomised Pts are at risk of Disseminated Dz
Which Salmonella causes non-Typhoidal Salmonella Bacteremia?
S. Cholerasuis
There is something about a First and SEcond Type III injection system?
the Second modifies the Vacuoule once already intracellular so that Lysosomal buds cant bind on
Which Salmo sp. has:
Fever, Non productive cough
Bloody D
Abdominal Pain
More Virulent & invasive--systemic response
-Rose macules
Salmonella typhi or paratyphi
-most recover w/o Tx, though perforation could cause shock

--Just Better at being Invasive due to more virulence factors
Little damage to Intestine with LITTLE Diarrhea
What other organs might be involved in Typhoid Fever/Salmo in Bloodstream
Liver, Kidneys, Spleen, Bone Marrow, Gall Bladder
Which bacteria cause clinically indistinguishable Sx to (Salmonella typhi) Typhoid Fever?
Campylobacter fetus &
Yersinia enterocolitica
S. typhi virulence
Little damage in intestine, little diarrhea
--better at getting into Bloodstream
What are the Clinical Dz of Salmonella
Enteritis
Septicemia
Enteric Fever
Sx for Enteritis
commonest form of Salmonellosis
--Sx in 6-48 hrs
--N&V, Abd Cramps
--NON-Bloody Diarrhea
--Sx last 2days - 1 week
Sx for Septiciemia?

Which bugs most likely to cause
Sim to all Gram Neg sepsis

-S. typhi, S. paratyphi, S.enterica
& serovar cholerasuis
Which Salmo sp. has:
Fever, Non productive cough
Bloody D
Abdominal Pain
More Virulent & invasive--systemic response
-Rose macules
Salmonella typhi
-most recover w/o Tx, though perforation could cause shock

--Just Better at being Invasive due to more virulence factors
Salm paratyphi can cause Enteric Fever aka Typhoid Fever
What is Difference between Typhoid Fever and Paratyphoid Fever as both are caused by Invasive Salmonella sp that pass through the gastric Epi, engulf in Macs where they replicate in Liver, Spleen and Bone Marrow
Typhoid Fever is by S. typhi only
Paratyphoid Fever is by: S. paratyphoid + S.: schottmuelleri, hirschfeldii

Difference in Sx?
Sx: 10-14 days after Ingestion: fever, headache, myalgias, malaise, anorexia for 1 week followed by Diarrhea

Typhoid: more severe with Red Macuoles

Para does not
Which bacteria cause clinically indistinguishable Sx to (Salmonella typhi) Typhoid Fever?
Campylobacter fetus &
Yersinia enterocolitica

UNRELATED to above: What bug is similar to E coli sp, has over 50 species in 4 sero groups (a-d). Is Non-motiles, Non-lactose fermenter and resevoir is humans and primates
Shigella sp.
species (B) flexneri and (D) sonnei in US

A: S. dysentriae
D, boydii
Impt Diagnostic Tests for Salmonella?
Non-Lactose
-Motile
H2s Positive (dist from Shigella)

-S. enteritica in Stool
-S typhi in stool or blood

--Shigella has Stool and is more inflammatory so FEWER Fecal Leukocytes in stools for Salmon comp to Shigella
S. typhi virulence
Little damage in intestine, little diarrhea
--better at getting into Bloodstream
What do you grow Salmonella on ?
MacConkey
--Growth indicates Gram Neg
--Color on MacConkey = Lactose Fermentor=
--Clear is Non-Lactose fermentor
Though this is early in set, what is Tx for Shigella
Usually Self-limited--just prevent person to person spread
-appropriate ABXs (antiobiotics)
-Fluid + Electros for severe cases
--NO Anti-Ds that IBX peristalsis
Characteristics for Shigella sp?
Gram Neg bacilli
NON-Motile
NON-Lactose
-H2s NEG (opp of Salmonella)
What are 2 major bacterial properties that are different btw Salmonella and Shiggella?
Which requires very large Load for Dz
While both are gram Neg Rods, both NON-Lactose Fermeneters
-Salmonella is: Motile and H2S

Shigella: NON-Motile and H2s -

Salmonella needs very large load to get by stomach
--Shigella 10-20 bacili cause DISEASE = adaptive to stomach pH
What is habitat/resv for Shigella sp.
Human and primate intestines
-invasion and survival in Cytoplasm
--good for cell to cell spread
what toxins doe Shigella produce
Exotoxins--cytotoxic to epi cells--shuts down Ribosome
(aka Shiga Toxin)

Causes Acute Inflammation and Host Cell Death. WHat is important implication for this interms of infection?
Limits it. Prevents Entry into Bloodstream such that SHigella sp have LIMITED INVASIVE capacity
Transmission for Shigella?
Load?
Person to Person, anal-oral
---food or water can occur too
--10 to 20 bacilli can cause dz

Why so low of a load requried?
Resistant to low stomach pH
How do Shigella invade
Attach and Penetrate Epi cells and M cells
--Use Type III secretion system
----Membrane ruffling
How do Shigella spread
Multiply Intracellularly--> contiguous cells
--Hemolysin--lyse phagsome membrane and escape
--Use HOst cells ACTIN for Transportation isndie
What does Shiga Toxin (enterotoxin that some make) do?

What does it cause in Sx?
Shuts down Protein Syn: via 28S rRNA in 60S ribo

-Sx: acute inflammation, prevents entry to blood stream though = LIMITS invasion
Hos is Shigella tested?
Colorless on MacConkey-=
Non-Lactose
-Non Motile
-H2S Neg ( opp to Salm)
-Stool Isolation + STOOL WBCS
Incubation for Shigella
36-72 Hours
--Non Specfic Sx
--Watery D after 48 Hours
Actin Rocket Tails?

What are 4 Fs?
HOw Shigella spread

4 Fs: Fingers, food, feces and FLies for Shigella transmission
Sx for SHigella
Dystentery --as opp to Salmon
---bloody, mucuous containing
--pain with defecation ~2 days later
-Fluid and elec loss
--Rarely enters blood, HOWEVER it can allow E. coli to= Septicemia indirectly with Shigella
Secondary Sx/Dz with Shigella
E. coli Septicemia may be followed by shigellosis
---Shigella itselt RaRely enters blood stream
What rare bacterial cause of diarrhea is Similar to Shigella in terms of surface Ag (used to be a shig)?
Plesiomonas sp.
-Oxidase Postive ( shigella is NEg)
==Gram Neg bacillus,
Enterobacteriacea family
--In Freshwater, fish, shellfish
-Septicemia in Immunocomp
How do you disting Plesiomonas from Shigella
Oxidase Test
-- Plesiomonas is POStive for Oxidase
====Shigella is NOT
Characteristics of Campylobacter sp?
Gram?
Shape?
Air?
Locomotion
Gram Neg
Slender/Curved/Comma Shapped
-Microaerophillic
-Motile Rods--Flagella out Both Ends
-
Which bugs are most common?
8 Campy sp. but C. jejuni is most common
--also C. fetus

NOT normal flora in healthy US or Europeans
Transmission for Campy?
Habitat/Resev?
Fecal Oral- more in summer
--Can be in Non-Cl- water
Instestinal tract of animals -- cattle, chickens, birds, flies
---NOT carried by Healthy Peeps in US or Europe, MAY be normal flora in Underdeveloped
Where do Campys live in Host?

Invasive?
Intarcellularly in Monocytes and intestinal Eps
--Cause Tissue necrosis, cell death and ACUTE Inflammation
--Invades Mucosa
---Can move to bloodstream
About Campys Incidence in US
Leading cause of bacterial Diarrheal illness in US
--2 mil /yr
-Cuases more Dzz than Shigella + Salmonalle

--3-5 days after ingestion,
When does Campy cause Dz
Overt Dz ONLy when it penetrates the Mucous Layer and INVADES the GI Epi Cells
What are the Virulence Factors for Campylobacter sp.
Flagella
Adherence factors -- adhere to Epi and M cells
-May produce Heat Labile Toxin or Cause Cells to ingest it
-Shiga Toxin or Verotoxin produced by some strains--Verotoxin has same activity as Shigella's Shiga Toxin
all === Inflammatory and BLOODY Diarrhea

What occurs with Heat labile Enterotoxin by Campys? With ingestion?
What about with Shiga/Vero Toxin by Campy
Heat Labile ET: watery diarrhea
Ingestion: Inflammatory Colitis -- Type III secretory System cause host cells to ruffle and ingest the bacteria

Shiga/Vera Toxin: produces Ulcers (superficial) & Induces acute Inflammation --- similar to Shigella and EHEC
Describe the Clinical cases/manifestions of Campy, ie severity with percentages and common Sx?
60-70% are MILD -- subside in 1 wk
20-30% last for 2 WEEKS
5-10% of cases PERSIST

Sx in some: Periumbilical cramping, intense Abd pain that MIMICs APPEndicitis, Malaise, Myalgias, headache & V.
-Watery Diarrhe is MOST COMMON
-Inflammatory Bowel Dz can occur
What are diagnostics for Campylobacter sp?
Media Req?
WBCs in Feces, or Isolate Bug from Stool
-(reqs Campy-BAP, Skirrow Media)

Tx for Campy?
Most mild and self-limited
-Electrolytes and Rehydrate

-ABXs if Sx longer than 1 week + bloody diarrhea dn complicated fever
Characteristics for Yersinia enterocolitica
Gram?
Shape?
Air?
Transmission?
Habitat/Resev?
Gram Negative
Short Bacillus
Aerobic

Tran is Fecal Oral
Domestic and Farm Animals
Y. enterocolitica infection via
Invades mucosa of terminal ileum. Causes painful enlargement of mesentereic lymph nodes
---can be mistaken for appendicitis
--Inflammatory and Bloody diarrhea

Y. enterocolitica Toxins
-Heat Stable Enterotoxin
Y. enterocolitica unusual transmission
-via contaminated meat, mostly in winter
--can grow at 4 C
Virulence/Sx of Y. enterocolitica?
Infants?
Heat Stabile EnteroToxin causes inflammatory and BLOODY D.
-Febrile illness with Abd Pain
---mesenteric lymphadenitis,
-Diarrhea NOT prominent
--Long Lasting: 2-3 WEEKS
-
-Infants: D. illness common, occasional septicemia