3. Enterobacteriaceae
• Commonly present in large intestine
• Non sporing , Non Acid fast, Gram –
bacilli.
• A complex family of organisms,
• Some are non pathogenic
• A few are highly Pathogenic,
• Some commensals turn out to be
pathogenic. as in UTI after catheterization.
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4. Characters of
Enterobacteriaceae
• All Enterobacteriaceae
– Gram-negative rods
– Ferment glucose with acid production
– Reduce nitrates into nitrites
– Oxidase negative
• Facultative anaerobic
• Motile except Shigella and Klebsiella
• Non-capsulated except Klebsiella
• Non-fastidious
• Grow on bile containing media (MacConkey agar)
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5. Basic Tests ……
• Basic characters
• Catalase +
• Oxidase -
• Reduce nitrates,
• All are Gram negative and non spore
forming.
• Wide diversity / Antigenic heterogeneity,
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6. Classification of Enterobacteriaceae
There are several selective and differential media used to
isolate distinguishes between LF & LNF
The most important media are:
MacConkey agar
Eosin Methylene Blue (EMB) agar
Salmonella Shigella (SS) agar
In addition to Triple Sugar Iron (TSI) agar
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8. Basic Classification
• I Lactose fermenters E.coli, Escherichia
Klebsiella,
• II Late Lactose fermenters, Shigella
sonnei,
• III Non Lactose fermenters, Salmonella
Shigella,
Commonly tested with MacConkey medium
Many are commensals Lactose fermenters
Also called as coli forms , Enteric Bacilli
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14. Highly Pathogenic
Enterobacteriaceae
• Salmonella
• Shigella
• All are Lactose – non fermenters,
• Produce colorless colonies on
MacConkey medium
• LF also called as Para colons,
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15. Escherichia coli
• Named by Escherichia
• Wide group of bacteria on basis of
Bio typing and Serotyping
Produce infections in Humans and
Animals
Detection of E.coli in water indicates
pollution and contamination.
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16. Determinants of pathogenicity
• Major antigens
- K (“kapsel”) Ag – associated with polysaccharide
capsules, predominant in Klebsiella
- H (“hauch”, breath) Ag – flagellar antigens,
describe swarming colonies, absent in non-motile,
impt. for Salmonella serotyping
- O (“ohne hauch”, w/o breath) Ag – somatic
antigens, nonmotile, nonflagellate bacteria
18. E.coli
• Morphology Gram - ve Straight rods,
• 1-3 X 0.4 -0.7 microns,
• Appear in singles or in pairs,
• Motile by peritrichate flagella.
• Very few strains non motile
• Not spore forming, Non acid fast.
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19. E.coli
Cultural characters
• Aerobic / Facultative Anaerobic
• Grows between 10 – 40 c optimal at 37 c
• Grown in simple medium
• Produce Large grayish ,Thick white , moist
smooth opaque colonies
• May contain capsule.
• On MacConkey medium Produce Bright
pink Lactose fermenters.
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20. E.coli on Blood Agar
• Many
pathogenic
strains are
haemolytic
on blood
agar.
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22. E.coli
Antigenic Structure
• Somatic 0 170
• Capsular K 100
• Flagella H 75
• Virulence factors
Surface Antigens Toxins
O Endotoxic activity
K protects against the phagocytosis
Fimbriae promote virulence ( important in UTI )
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23. Virulence Factors
• Two types of virulence factors in
E.coli
• Surface antigens and Toxins
• The somatic lipopolysaccharide
surface O antigen has endotoxic
activity and protects from
phagocytosis and bactericidal effects
of complement .
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24. Determinants of pathogenicity
• Enterotoxins (ETEC)
– Heat-labile toxins (LT-I, LT-II)
– Heat-stable toxins (ST)
• Hemolysins – from enterohemorrhagic
(verotoxin-producing) E. Coli
most virulent uropathogenic strains of E. coli
• Antiphagocytic capsule – from K1 strain of E.
Coli (80% of neonatal meningitis)
25. Fimbriae
• Fimbriae also promote virulence
• Present in large numbers causing
mannose sensitive Haemagglutination
• Colonisation factor antigens is
enterotoxigenic E.coli
• E.coli produce two kinds of Exotoxins
hemolysins and enterotoxins
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26. Toxins
and E.coli
• E.coli produce Exotoxins
• Hemolysins, Enterotoxins causes
Diarrheas,
• Important toxins produces.
• Heat labile HL Heat stable HS
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27. Toxins
• Enterotoxins – produced by
enterotoxigenic strains of E. coli
(ETEC). Causes a movement of
water and ions from the tissues to
the bowel resulting in watery
diarrhea. There are two types of
enterotoxin:
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28. Toxins
• LT – is heat labile and binds to
specific Gm1 gangliosides on the
epithelial cells of the small
intestine where it ADP-ribosylates
Gs which stimulates adenylate
cyclase to increase production of
cAMP.
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29. Toxins
• Increased cAMP alters the
activity of sodium and
chloride transporters
producing an ion imbalance
that results in fluid transport
into the bowel.
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30. Toxins in E.coli
• Produce Enterotoxin L T and S T
• Labile toxin 1956 De experiments in
Rabbit ileal loop causes outpouring of
fluids
• E.coli Labile toxin like Cholera toxin
• L T contains component A and B
• A = Active B= Binding
• B causes Binding with Gm I Ganglioside
receptor on Intestinal epithelial cells
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31. E. coli toxins
• Both enterotoxins
are composed of
five beta subunits
(for binding) and
1 alpha subunit
(has the toxic
enzymatic
activity).
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32. Toxins E.coli
Labile toxin
• Component A Activated to A1 and A2
• A1 Activates adenyl cyclase in the
enterocytes to form cyclic adenosine
5 monophosphate
• Causes to increase outflow of water
and electrolytes in the gut lumen
causes Diarrhea
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33. Toxins of E.coli
Stable Toxin
• ST A and ST B
• ST A Acts by activation of Cyclic
guano sine monophosphate.( C GMP )
• Causes fluid accumulation in Intestine.
• E.coli ( Some ) produce
Verocytotoxin causes cytotoxicity
to Vero cells.
• Acts like Shigella dysentery toxin
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34. E. coli infections
• Neonatal meningitis – is the leading cause of
neonatal meningitis and septicemia with a high
mortality rate.
– Usually caused by strains with the K1 capsular antigen.
• Gastroenteritis – there are several distinct types of E.
coli that are involved in different types of
gastroenteritis:
– enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC),
– enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC),
– enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) ,
– enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC), and
– enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC).
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36. Enteropathogenic E.coli
• Causes diarrheal disease in children,
• EPEC O26/O11
• Produce Verocytotoxin
• Infantile enteritis, Involves upper part of Intestine
• Brush border of the intestine is lost
• Intimacin – EPEC adhesion factor.
• Frequent in summer months
• Poor hygiene predisposes.
• Out breaks in Institutions
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37. Enteropathogenic E.coli
• Causes diarrheal disease in children,
• EPEC O26/O11
• Produce Verocytotoxin
• Infantile enteritis, Involves upper part of
Intestine
• Brush border of the intestine is lost
• Intimacin – EPEC adhesion factor.
• Frequent in summer months
• Poor hygiene predisposes.
• Out breaks in Institutions
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38. EPEC
• EPEC are identified by serotyping
by their O and B antigens
• Diagnosis is difficult during
sporadics
• Routine culture is done for
isolation
• The EPEC fails to ferment sorbitol
• Causes the disruption of brush
border
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39. Laboratory Diagnosis
EPEC
• Confirm with Polyvalent
sera
• Test Sero groups with
polyvalent and monovalent
sera.
• HEp2 – adherence.01/28/18 Dr.T.V.Rao MD 39
40. Enterotoxigenic E.coli
• Common and causes endemics in
developing countries in all age
groups
• May be mild watery diarrhoea to
fatal conditions
• Fimbrial colonization factor
antigens
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41. Enterotoxigenic E.coli
• Produce Heat stable /Heat labile toxins
• Adheres to epithelium of small intestine.
• Present with Nausea, Vomiting and Lose stool
• H L like cholera toxin
• Causes accumulation of fluids
• Adhesive factors
Fimbriae specific receptor in the intestinal
epithelium CFA
Mortality in children < 5 years
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42. ETEC
• Causes travelers diarrhea
• Water contaminated with Human and Animal
feces predisposes.
• Laboratory Diagnosis
Demonstration of Enterotoxin LT and ST
Tissue culture tests,
ELISA
Passive agglutination tests.
Animal experiments in Rabbit ileal loop test.
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43. Treatment and Prophylaxis
in Travelers diarrhea
• Doxycycline,
• Trimethoprim,
• Norfloxacillin
• Fluroquinolones
• Avoid contaminated food,
• Safe protected water ,prefer bottled
water,
• Hot foods, Hot Drinks,
• Boiled milk
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44. Treatment and Prophylaxis
in Travelers diarrhea
• Doxycycline,
• Trimethoprim,
• Norfloxacillin
• Fluroquinolones
• Avoid contaminated food,
• Safe protected water ,prefer bottled water,
• Hot foods, Hot Drinks,
• Boiled milk
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45. Enteroinvasive E.coli
• Resembles Shigella in many respects
• Non lactose fermenter and non motile
• They invade the intestinal epithelium
• Penetrate HeLa cells in tissue culture
• May produce mild diarrhoea to frank
dysentery
• Sereny test
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46. Entero invasive E.coli
• Some are non motile
strains,
• Atypical resembles
like Shigella.
• Clinically mild
diarrhea
• Sereny test positive
animal Rabbit.
• ELISA
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47. Enterohemorrhagic E.coli
• Produce Verocytotoxin or shiga like toxin
• Mild diarrhea - can be fatal hemorrhagic
colitis. and uremic syndrome.
• Present in Human and Animal feces.
• Hemorrhagic complication with O157 in
Japan and USA.
• Salads vegetables, Radish Proper cooking
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49. Enterohemorrhagic E.coli
• The primary target for VT appear to be
vascular endothelial cells
• This may contribute to HUS with
characteristic renal lesion is capillary
micro angiopathy
• The typical EHEC serotype is 0 157 ; H7
• The disease may manifest as food
poisoning
• Occurs due to contamination of feces of
humans or animals
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50. Enterohemorrhagic E.coli can
cause HUS
• HUS develops when the toxin from E. coli
bacteria, known as Shiga-like toxin (SLT)
enters the circulation by binding to
special receptors. These Shiga-toxin
receptors, known as Gb3 receptors , are
probably heterogeneously distributed in the
major body organs allowing disparate
thrombotic (blood clotting) impacts in different
HUS victims, although the greatest receptor
concentration appears to be in the kidneys,
especially in children.
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51. EHEC ( E.coli )
• Culture
• DNA detection methods.
• Cytotoxic effects on Vero
cells.
• Detection with monovalent
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52. Enteroaggresive E.coli
• They appear aggregated in s
stacked brick formation Hep-2 cell
• They produce persistent diarrheal
• They produce weight heat stable
enterotoxin called as low
molecular heat stable enterotoxin
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55. 55
Treatment – E.coliTreatment – E.coli
Gastrointestinal diseaseGastrointestinal disease
• Fluid replacement
• Antibiotics
– not used usually unless
systemic infections
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56. E. coli
– Clinical
significance
• Is the leading
cause of urinary
tract infections
which can lead
to acute cystitis
(bladder
infection) and
pyelonephritis
(kidney
infection).
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58. Urinary Tract Infections
• E.coli produce urinary tract infection.
• Majority of UTI s are produce by E.coli.
• Instrumentation, Prostatic enlargement,
Urinary caliculi,Pregnancy,
• Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in pregnant
women,
• Pyelonephritis,
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59. Facts on UTI
• Women suffer more than males Short urethra
Pregnancy, Sexual intercourse /Honey moon
cystitis.
• Other factors
Urethral obstruction,
Urinary stones
Congenital malformation's
Neurological disorders,
Catheterization , Cystoscopy
Usually cystitis is produced from fecal strains
entering urethra
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60. Culturing for E.coli
• Mid stream sample/semi quantitative
culturing (Kass et al ) >_ 1.00,000/ml of
urine. ( significant Bacteriuria )
• Urine should not be kept in wards for > 2
hours and to be preserved at 4 c
• Culture by standard loop method.
• Fixed volume cultured on MacConkey
agar Lactose fermenters I M Vi C
• Antibiotic sensitivity tested.
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61. Other Bacteria and UTI
• Majority of UTI are caused by E.coli
• Other agents which cause UTI,
1 Staphylococcus
2.Proteus.
3.Pseudomonas,
4.Klebsilella spp,Citrobacter,
5.Enteococcus.
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62. Other infection with
E.coli
• Pyogenic infections.
• Intraabdominal infections
• Peritonitis. Abscess.
• Septicemias
• Produce Drug resistant
infections.
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64. Klebsiella, Enterobacter,
Serratia & Hafnia sp.
• Usually found in intestinal tract
• Wide variety of infections, primarily pneumonia,
wound, and UTI
• General characteristics:
– Some species are non-motile
– Simmons citrate positive
– H2S negative
– Phenylalanine deaminase negative
– Some weakly urease positive
– MR negative; VP positive
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65. Klebsiella species
• Usually found in GI tract
• Four major species
• K. pneumoniae is mostly commonly isolated
species
– Possesses a polysaccharide capsule, which
protects against phagocytosis and
antibiotics AND makes the colonies moist
and mucoid
– Has a distinctive “yeasty” odor
– Frequent cause of nosocomial pneumonia
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66. Klebsiella
• Klebsiella is a genus of non-motile,
Gram-negative, oxidase-negative, rod-
shaped bacteria with a prominent
polysaccharide-based capsule. It is
named after the German microbiologist
Edwin Kleb's (1834–1913). Frequent
human pathogens, Klebsiella organisms
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67. Klebsiella
• The genus was originally divided into 3
main species based on biochemical
reactions. Today, 7 species with
demonstrated similarities in DNA
homology are known. These are (1)
Klebsiella pneumoniae, (2) Klebsiella
ozaenae, (3) Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis,
(4) Klebsiella oxytoca, (5) Klebsiella
planticola, (6) Klebsiella terrigena, and (7)
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68. Klebsiella
• K pneumoniae is the most medically
important species of the group. K
oxytoca and K rhinoscleromatis have
also been demonstrated in human
clinical specimens. In recent years,
klebsiellae have become important
pathogens in nosocomial infections.]
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69. Klebsiella
• Klebsiella
– NF of GI tract, but potential pathogen in other
areas
– TSI A/A + gas
– LIA K/K
– Urea +
– Citrate +
– MR-, VP+
– Motility -
– Has both O and K antigens
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70. Klebsiella species
• Usually found in GI tract
• Four major species
• K. pneumoniae is mostly commonly isolated
species
– Possesses a polysaccharide capsule, which
protects against phagocytosis and
antibiotics AND makes the colonies moist
and mucoid
– Has a distinctive “yeasty” odor
– Frequent cause of nosocomial pneumonia
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71. Klebsiella species (cont’d)
– Significant biochemical reactions
• Lactose positive
• Most are urease positive
• Non-motile
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72. Klebsiella
– Virulence factors
• Capsule
• Adhesions
• Iron capturing ability
– Clinical significance
• Causes pneumonia, mostly in
immunocompromised hosts.
– Permanent lung damage is a frequent occurrence (rare
in other types of bacterial pneumonia)
• A major cause of nosocomial infections such as
septicemia and meningitis
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73. Enterobacter species
• Comprised of 12 species; E. cloacae and
E. aerogenes are most common
• Isolated from wounds, urine, blood and
CSF
• Major characteristics
– Colonies resemble Klebsiella
– Motile
– MR negative; VP positive
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74. Serratia species
• Seven species, but S. marcescens is the
only one clinically important
• Frequently found in nosocomial
infections of urinary or respiratory
tracts
• Implicated in bacteremic outbreaks in
nurseries, cardiac surgery, and burn
units
• Fairly resistant to antibiotics
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75. Serratia species (cont’d)
• Major characteristics
– Ferments lactose slowly
– Produce characteristic pink pigment,
especially when cultures are left at room
temperature
S. marscens on
nutrient agar →
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76. Hafnia species
• Hafnia alvei is only species
• Has been isolated from many
anatomical sites in humans and the
environment
• Occasionally isolated from stools
• Delayed citrate reaction is major
characteristic
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77. Other Enterobacteriaceae
• Proteus, Providencia, and Morganella
– Are all part of the NF of the GI tract (except
Providencia).
– All motile, with Proteus swarming
– PA +
– Lysine deamination + (LIA R/A)
– Urea + for most, strongly + for Proteus
– TSI variable (know the reactions for each in
the lab!)
– Indole – only P. mirabilis is -
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78. Proteus, Morganella &
Providencia species
• All are normal intestinal
flora
• Opportunistic pathogens
• Deaminate phenylalanine
• All are lactose negative
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79. Proteus species
• P. mirabilis and P. vulgaris are widely recognized
human pathogens
• Isolated from urine, wounds, and ear and
bacteremic infections
• Both produce swarming colonies on non-selective
media and have a distinctive “burned chocolate”
odor
• Both are strongly urease positive
• Both are phenylalanine deaminase positive
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80. Proteus species (cont’d)
• A exhibits characteristic “swarming”
• B shows urease positive on right
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81. Morganella species
• Morganella morganii is only
species
• Documented cause of UTI
• Isolated from other anatomical
sites
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82. Providencia species
• Providencia rettgeri is pathogen of
urinary tract and has caused nosocomial
outbreaks
• Providenicia stuartii can cause
nosocomial outbreaks in burn units and
has been isolated from urine
• Both are phenylalanine deaminase
positive
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83. Citrobacter species
• Citrobacter freundii associated
with nosocomial infections (UTI,
pneumonias, and intraabdominal
abscesses)
• Ferments lactose and hydrolyzes
urea slowly
• Resembles Salmonella sp.
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