Bacterial Disease - Gram Negative Bacteria Part 2

gram negative facultatively anaerobic rod

Escherichia coli is a...

Diarrhea and UTI

Common symptoms with an E. coli infection

UTIs and gram negative sepsis

E. coli is the number one cause of...

Neonatal meningitis

What is E. coli the number two cause of?

gram negative, encapsulated, facultative anaerobic, and rod-shaped

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a...

Normal flora of mouth, skin, and intestines

Where is Klebsiella pneumoniae typically found?

Middle-aged and older men with debilitating diseases

What population is Klebsiella pneumoniae typically present in?

Alcoholism (others include diabetes, malignancy liver disease, COPD, glucocorticoid therapy, and renal failure)

What condition in particular is common among middle aged and older men that have a Klebsiella pneumoniae infection?

Pneumonia and UTIs

What are the two most common Klebsiella pneumoniae infections?

Pneumonia

Most common type of Klebsiella pneumoniae infection

"Currant jelly" sputum

Symptom characteristic of Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia infections

gram negative non-spore forming bacillus

Salmonella is a...

Ingestion of contaminated food/water and animal contact

What are two ways to contract Salmonella?

Poultry and eggs

What foods can be contaminated with Salmonella?

Reptiles (turtles) and amphibians

What animals (especially one in particular) can one come into contact with and contract Salmonella?

Acute gastroenteritis

What is the most common form of Salmonella infection?

Salmonella

Enteric fever can be caused by any type of ___________ species

Typhoid fever

Specific type of enteric fever caused by the typhi serotype of Salmonella

Salmonella enteric fever

What does the patient have? Insidious onset, fever peaks 7-10 days and improves 7-10 days, relapses, and abdominal pain, distention, constipation, and/or "pea soup" diarrhea

+ blood culture after 1st week, splenomegaly, abdominal tenderness/distention, bradycardia, and blanching rash on trunk with during second week

What is the typical diagnosis of salmonella?

sickle cell patients

Bacteremia and local infections of the bone, joints, pleura, pericardium, and lungs are especially prevalent in caused by Salmonella are especially common in...

gram-negative, facultative aerobic, non-spore forming bacillus

Shigella is a...

Shigellosis

What does Shigella cause?

Dysentery

Common symptom of shigellosis

diarrhea

Shigellosis is one of the leading bacterial causes of _____________ worldwide

gram negative facultatively anaerobic rod

Proteus mirabilis is a...

Proteus

Proteus mirabilis causes 90% of _____________ infections

UTIs

Common symptom of Proteus infections

struvite stones

10-15% of kidney stones are...

Alkalization of urine by urease enzyme of Proteus

What causes struvite stones?