Microbiology TEST 2

Lectures 5 - 7

Lectures 5 - 7


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Yersinia Pestis clinical presentation due to human-to-human spreads by aerosols:

Yersinia enterocoli-tica clinical presentation:

Which Yersinia genus causes ENTEROCOLITIS:

Yersinia enterocoli-tica transmission:

Yersinia enterocoli-tica reservoir:

animals (wild & domestic rodents )

Yersinia entero-colitica causes enterocolitis what might be the complictaion:

  • reactive arthritis 
  • erythema nodosum 

Yersinia pseudo-tuberculosis clinical presentation:

 

reservoir - environment 

appendicitis-like syndrome 

 

Which zoonotic bacteria is the most INFECTIOUS bacteria known:

Francisella tularensis

Franci-sella tula-rensis Virulence Factors:

 

Capsule

LPS

Facultative Intracellular

Franci-sella tula-rensis reservoir: 

 

  1. rabbits
  2. fish 
  3. reptiles 
  4. other mammals = >100 animals 
  5. Ticks

Franci-sella tula-rensis transmission:

ZOONOSIS

1. hematogenous spread from skin– ulceroglandular tularemia 

2. eye contact - oculoglandular tularemia

3. INGESTION = food-poisoning– ty-phoidal tularemia 

4. INHALATION = airborne route– inhalation of aerosolization of bacteria during skinning (häuten) or evi-scera-tion (ausnehmen) of infected rabbit = pneumonic tularemia 

5. INSECT-BITE = vectors– bite of tick or deerfly – ulcero-glandular/glandular tularemia 

6. INFECTED TISSUE (inoculation)-direct contact with wild rabbit

Francisella Tularensis causes Tularemia which is also known as:

  1. Rabbit fever 
  2. Tick fever 
  3. Glandular Fever
  4.  Deerfly Fever

Glandular fever/ Rabbit fever/ Tick fever / Deerfly Fever are also known as:

Tularemia caused by Franci-sella Tularensis

Franci-sella Tula-rensis two most important clinical presentations:

ulcero-glandular tularemia & pneumonic tularemia

Franci-sella Tula-rensis Clinical Presentation due to contact with infected tissue:

1. ulcero-glandular tularemia – painfull ulcers with regional lympha-denopathy 

2. glandular tularemia – no ulcers but regional lymphadenopathy 

 

Franci-sella Tula-rensis Clinical Presentation due to ingestion of contaminated water or food:

1. ty-phoidal tularemia – gastrointestinal diseases

2. oro-pharyngeal tularemia – painful pharyngitis

 

Franci-sella Tula-rensis Clinical Presentation due to inhalation of infectious aerosoles:

pneumonic tularemia -aerosolization of bacteria during skinning and evi-scer-ation

Francisella Tularensis Clinical Presentation due to eye contact with contaminated fingers or contaminated material splashed into eye:

oculo-glandular tularemia -ulceration of conjunctiva = conjunctivitis with regional lympha-denopathy

Francisella Tularensis Clinical Presentation due to hand-to-mouth contact:

ORO-pharyngeal tularemia – painful pharyngitis (pseudomembrane may develop over tonsils – often mistaken with diphteria)

Francisella Tularensis Clinical Presentation due to insect bite by tick or deerfly:

Ulcero-glandular tularemia

Which two clinical presentations of Franci-sella Tula-rensis lead to SYSTEMIC INFECTION:

ulcero-glandular tularemia & ty-phoidal tularemia

– entering bloodstream affecting other organs e.g. Lungs = pneumonic tularemia / ACUTE SEPTICEMIA

Which of the clinical presentations of Francisella Tularensis is the MOST SEVERE FORM:

pneumonic tularemia

Name all 6 clinical presentations caused by Francisella Tularensis:

Ulceroglandular tularemia – most common & systemic infection

Glandular tularemia -2ndmost common ( difference no ulcers but lympha-denopathy 

Oculo-glandular tularemia 

Oro-pharyngeal tularemia 

Ty-phoidal tularemia -systemic infection

Pneumonic tularemia – most severe

Which of the clinical presentations of Francisella Tularensis is NOT lymphadenopathy & NOT ulcer causing:

Ty-phoidal tularemia

Which of the Zoonotic Bacteria is the one considered as biological weapon?

Francisella Tularensis as it is highly infectious (extremely virulent) & easy dissemination

(also brucella possibly)

Name all Zoonotic facultative intracellular bacteria:

  1. Yersinia genus

  2. Francisella Tularensis 

  3. Brucella genus

 

Name all Zoonotic extracellular pathogen:

Pas-teu-rella Multo-cida reservoir:

wild & domestic animals 

cats and dog natural flora – mouth

Pas-teu-rella Multo-cida transmission:

lick, scratch or bit from dog/cat

Pas-teu-rella Multo-cida virulence factors:

  1. capsule
  2.  dermo-necrotic toxin
  3.  LPS
  4.  multiply extracellular

Pasteurella multo-cida is 

Pas-teu-rella Multo-cida clinical presentation:

  1. Localized abscesses

  2. COMPLICATION : Osteo-myelitis & Septic Arthritis – due to closure of wound, optimal condition for growth 

  3. Immunosuppressed & Infants = Disseminated Diseases = Septicemia – due to lick in face

  4. Worsening ( ex-a-cer-bation – verschlimmern) of chronic respiratory disease in patients with pulmonary disorder

Brucella name its subgroups:

Brucella meli-tensis – goats 

Brucella canis – dogs 

Brucella abortus – causes abortion in cows

Brucella suis – pig

The Clinical Diseases „Brucellosis“ caused by Brucella bacteria can also be named:

Bang disease – named after microbiologist Bernhard Bang 

clinical presentation: UNDULANT FEVER

Name the Zoonotic bacteria which is non-encapsulated & facultative intracellular pathogen:

Brucella

Brucella is?

Risk groups of Brucella:

Laboratory personnal – inhalation or direct contact

Conutries with low domestic animal vaccination program – travel-associated disease 

(Blood or organ tissue transfer)

Brucella transmission:

Inhalation – can be used for bioterrorism 

Ingestion – foodborne = milk products – unpasteurized = major source of infection 

Direct contact with animals or animal products 

Brucellosis most commonly caused by which genus of Brucella ?

Brucella meli-tensis – due to ingestion of contaminated milk products (unpasteurized)

 

Brucella Virulence Factors:

LPS 

Toxic enzymes 

Facultative intracellular parasite in reticuloendothelial cells