This document provides information on the bacteria Vibrio parahaemolyticus. It discusses that V. parahaemolyticus requires higher salt concentrations, is a natural inhabitant of seawater and marine life, and is an important cause of foodborne illness from seafood. It causes gastroenteritis in humans and can be identified by its capsule staining and pleomorphism. Thermostable direct hemolysin is a key virulence factor and it is found in pathogenic strains. Pathogenic strains show beta-hemolysis on blood agar. It is widely distributed in estuary and marine environments and seafood is the main source and reservoir of infection acquired from contaminated seafood.
2. Vibrios requiring a higher concentration of
sodium chloride
natural inhabitants of sea water and marine
life
V. parahaemolyticus, Vibrio alginolyticus,V.
vulnificus - important halophilic vibrios
species known to cause infection in humans
3. important cause of seafood-associated gas
troenteritis throughout the world
differs from V. cholerae by having a capsule
showing bipolar staining and pleomorphism
it has polar flagella when grown in liquid
culture, but shows peritrichous flagella
whengrown on solid media.
4. salt concentration : up to 8%
Growth characters:
Mac:nonlactose- fermenting colonies
Blood agar:beta-hemolytic colonies
TCBS:nonsucrose-fermenting green colonies
oxidase positive
Catalase - positive
5. Antigens:
somatic O antigens,
flagellar H antigens,
capsular K antigen.
Serotyping is based on O and K antigen.
6. Virulence factors:
Thermostable direct hemolysin is the key
virulence factor of V. parahaemolyticus.
This is found only in strains that are
pathogenic to human beings.
7. Kanagawa phenomenon
Pathogenic strains of V. parahaemolyticus
when grown on a special high-salt mannitol
medium (Wagatsuma agar) show hemolysis
on blood agar
Nonpathogenic strains isolated from
environment that do not cause any hemolysis
8. Habitat:
is widely distributed in estuary and marine
environments.
Seafood, such as fish, crabs, or oysters, is
the main source and reservoir of infection.
The infection is acquired on consumption of
contaminated seafood.
9. Clinical manifestations:
in humans causes gastroenteritis
severity of the condition can vary from mild self-
limited diarrhea to an acute illness
nausea,vomiting, abdominal pain, and low-grade
fever, which may be present for 3 days
Stool usually does not contain any blood or
mucus, but contains cellular exudates
11. V. alginolyticus is widely distributed in sea
water and seafood.
high salt tolerance and can grow even in the
presence of 10% sodium chloride
TCBS agar: large yellow sucrose-fermenting
colonies.
shows swarming on the surface of
nonselective medium, such as blood agar
12. associated with infections of superficial
wounds exposed to contaminated sea water
has been associated with infections of the
gastrointestinal tract, ear, and eye.
14. formerly known as L vibrio,or Benekea
vulnificus
TCBS: produces green nonsucrose-
fermenting
colonies on TCBS medium
differs from V. parahaemolyticus and other
Vibrio species by its ability to ferment lactose
15. Virulence:
more virulent bacterium than
V.parahaemolyticus.
capsule
hydrolytic enzymes, such as cytolysins,
proteases, and collagenases
resistant to complement- and antibody-
mediated lysis
17. Wound infections:
caused by contaminated sea water
short incubation period of 324 hours
wounds are usually present on the fingers,
palms, or soles of the feet
rapidly progresses to necrosis, gangrene,or
necrotizing fasciitis
18. Gastroenteritis:
following the consumption of raw seafood on
exposure
rapidly progresses to septicaemia
manifests as multiple hemorrhagic bullae and
extensive ecchymosis distributed on the
lower extremities
Hypotension , oliguria and noncardiogenic
pulmonary edema
19. V. vulnificus produces life-threatening illness,
immediate and prompt treatment with
antibiotics is essential.
Tetracyclines or aminoglycosides are the
antibiotics of choice
The condition is prevented by avoidance of
raw and undercooked seafood.
21. A large group of aerobic, non sporing
gram negative bacteria motile by polar
flagella
Found in water, soil, other moist
environments
Some of them are pathogenic to plants
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22. Classification
Based on rRNA DNA homology groups
Five ribosomal RNA groups
Based on Phenotypic characters
Seven groups Fluroscent, stutzeri, alcaligens,
pseudomallei, acidovorans, facilis & diminuta
23. Gram negative bacteria
Size 1.5 3 x 0.5 袖 m
Actively motile by polar flagella
Produces extracellular polysaccharide k/a
alginate
24. Obligate aerobe
Grows at a temp range of 6 - 420 C
Produces colonies with distinctive musty,
mawkish or earthy smell.
25. Growth on Blood agar -
colonies are moist flat, irregular edges,
greenish pigmented, showing zone of
hemolysis
37. Can cause infection anywhere
In adults mostly associated as a nosocomial
pathogen
In paediatric population it mainly causes
infection in cystic fibrosis patients
49. Patients with cystic fibrosis are highly
susceptible to pseudomonas lung
infections.
cancer
burn patients
immunocompromised..
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50. Pseudomonas
aeruginosa is the most
frequently encountered
lung pathogen in
patients with cystic
fibrosis (CF). Following
initial, often
intermittent, episodes
of infection, it
becomes a
permanently
established component
of the chronically
infected lung in more 50
52. Toxic extracellular
products in culture
filtrates
Exotoxin A and S
Exotoxin A acts as
NADase resembling
Diphtheria toxin
Proteases,elastatese
hemolysins and
enterotoxin
Slime layer and
Biofilms
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53. Diagnosis of P,aeroginosa infection
depends upon isolation and laboratory
identification of the bacterium.
blood agar / eosin-methylthionine blue
agar
Grams
inability to ferment lactose,
a positive oxidase reaction, its fruity odour,
and its ability to grow at 42属C. Fluorescence
under ultraviolet light is helpful in early
identification of P.s aeruginosa colonies.
Fluorescence is also used to suggest the 53
54. P. aeruginosa
Prevention and Control
Pseudomonas spp. normally inhabit soil, water, and vegetation
and can be isolated from the skin, throat, and stool of healthy
persons.
Spread is mainly via contaminated sterile equipment's and
cross-contamination of patients by medical personnel.
High risk population: patients receiving broad-spectrum
antibiotics, with leukemia, burns, cystic fibrosis, and
immunosuppression.
Methods for control of infection are similar to those for other
nosocomial pathogens. Special attention should be paid to sinks,
water baths, showers, hot tubs, and other wet areas.