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Bacterial Infection in Gastrointestinal Tract
Bacterial Infection in Gastrointestinal Tract
BACTERIAL INFECTION
IN GASTROINTESTINAL
TRACT
Lisa T. Muslich
Microbiology Department
Medical Faculty of Hasanuddin University
Learning Objective
• Bacterial causing infection in GI tract
• Diagnosis of bacterial infection in GI tract
• Microbiology examination of GI tract due to bacterial infection
• Identification and interpretation of the main bacterial cause of GI
tract infection
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Diarrhea
• Passage of three or more loose or liquid stools per day ( or more
frequent passage than is normal for the individual)
• Three clinical types :
- Acute watery diarrhea – lasts several hours or days (include
cholera);
- Acute bloody diarrhea – also called dysentery; and
- Persistent diarrhea – lasts 14 days or longer
• Causes :
- Infection : bacterial, viral, & parasitic organisms
- Malnutrition
- Source
- Transmission
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Diarrhea in Indonesia
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Escherichia coli
• Gram-negative rod-shaped, motile, non-spore forming bacteria
• Size : 2 x 0.25 - 1µm
• Antigens : O-, K-, and H-antigens (designated by numbers of
antigen presented), eg. O111:K76:H7
• Pili/ fimbriae:
- Type 1 pili bind to D-mannose (epithelial cell surfaces)
- P Pili (Pap or Gal-Gal) bind to digalactoside (uroepithelial
cells and erythrocytes) UTI
- Colonization Factor Antigens (CFAs) or Bundle-forming Pili
(BFP) bind to human enterocytes
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Escherichia coli
• Toxins :
- α-hemolysin pore-forming cytotoxin cytoplasmic contents
leakage cell death
- Shiga toxin AB type B-unit binds to Gb3 receptor; A-unit
modifies 28S-ribosomal RNA of 60S-ribosomal subunit protein
synthesis blocked cell death
- Labile toxin (heat labile)
oB-subunit binds to cell membrane;
oA-subunit catalyzes ADP-ribosylation G-protein inactivation
permanent activation of adenylate cyclase system
chloride secretion and NaCl absorption blockage water and
electrolytes accumulation diarrhea
- Stabile toxin (heat stabile) binds to glycoprotein receptor
guanylate cyclase activation cyclic GMP concentration increased
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Escherichia coli
• Diarrhea-causing E. coli classified due to virulence properties:
1. Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)
2. Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC)
3. Shiga Toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) includes a subset of
Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) strains
4. Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)
5. Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC)
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API®20E
Biomerieux-USA
Enterotube
(Roche diagnostic)
Foundations in microbiology.
2012
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Vibrio spp.
• More than 30 species
• Gram-negative, facultative anaerob,
straight, curved, or comma-shaped rods
• Size : 0.5 – 0.8 x 1.4 – 2.6 µm
• Medically important Vibrio :
- V. cholerae serogroups O1 & O139
- V. cholerae serogroups non-O1/
non-O139
- V. parahaemolyticus
- V. vulnificus
Vibrio cholerae
• 130 serogroups (LPS O-antigen difference)
• Two pathogenic mechanism:
- Cholera toxin
- Toxin-co-regulated pili
• Virulence factors :
a. ctx gene cholera enterotoxin
b. tcpA gene toxin-coregulated pilus major protein subunit
• V. cholerae O1 subtypes : Inaba & Ogawa, Hikojima
• V. cholerae O1 biotypes : Classic & El Tor
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1. Toxin secretion
2. Toxin-receptors binding
3. Toxin’s active portion
transported
4. System signaling to activate
adenyl cyclase
5. ATP cAMP
6. Cl- and HCO3- pump
intestinal lumen
7. Na+, K+ & H2O intestinal
lumen
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Shigella
• Gram-negative rods, non-motile,
non-spore-forming
• Acid-resistant, facultative anaerob
• Size : 0.3 – 1 x 1 – 6µm
• Four species based on biochemical
reactions and spesific O antigens:
1. Shigella dysentriae (serogroup A)
15 serotypes
2. Shigella flexneri (serogroup B)
6 serotypes
Foundations in Microbiology, 2012.
3. Shigella boydii (serogroup C)
20 serotypes
4. Shigella sonnei (serogroup D)
1 serotypes
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Epidemiology
• Transmission : person to person under poor sanitary condition
(fecal-oral route), contaminated food or water
• No animal reservoir
• Low infecting dose
• Invasion and destruction of colonic mucosa acute inflammatory
response mucosal ulceration + abscess formation
• Watery diarrhea intense colitis + fever + frequent small-volume
stools (blood and pus)
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Salmonella
• Serotyping classification :
1. Salmonella Enteritidis
2. Salmonella Typhi
3. Salmonella Paratyphi
4. Salmonella Typhimurium
• Species :
1. Salmonella bongori
2. Salmonella enterica :
- Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica (subspecies I)
- Salmonella enterica subspecies salamae (subspecies II)
- Salmonella enterica subspecies arizonae (subspecies IIIa)
- Salmonella enterica subspecies diarizonae (subspecies IIIb)
- Salmonella enterica subspecies houtenae (subspecies IV)
- Salmonella enterica subspecies indica (subspecies VI)
Salmonella
• Rod-shaped,
• Non-spore-forming,
• Gram negative rods
• Motile
• Size : 0.7 – 1.5 x 2 – 5 µm
• Glucose fermenting
• Facultative anaerob
Foundations in
microbiology. 2012
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Sherris Medical
Microbiology, 2014.
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Clostridium difficile
• Gram-positive, anaerobic rods
• Endospore-forming bacteria under
anaerobic condition
• Small number normal in human intestinal
tract
• Prolonged use of broad-spectrum antibiotic
• Causing pseudomembranous colitis or
antibiotic-associated colitis
• Produce toxin A (enterotoxin) and toxin B
(cytopathic) necrosis in intestinal wall
Foundations in
• Symptoms : diarrhea, more severe cases microbiology. 2012
abdominal cramps, fever, leukocytosis
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C. difficile on CCFA.
• Culture : cycloserine-cefoxitin- Manual of clinical microbiology. 2015
Yersinia enterocolitica
• Gram-negative, non-spore-forming bacilli
• Bipolar staining with Giemsa or Wayson’s dye
• Size : 0.5 – 0.8 x 1 – 3 µm
• Motile peritrichous or paripolar flagella
• Facultative anaerob
• Growth temp. : 4 – 43 oC
• Possess lipid A-oligosaccharide core –O antigen polysaccharide
• 54 different O antigens and 19 H factors
• Serotypes account for human infection : O:3, O:5,27, O:8 & O:9
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Campylobacter spp.
• Most common bacterial cause of
diarrhea in USA
• Slender, curved or spiral Gram-negative
rods (Size : 0.2 – 0.9 x 0.5 – 5 µm)
• Non spore-forming
• Polar flagella (one or both poles) S-
shaped or gull-winged pairs
• Main pathogenic species : C. jejuni & C.
pylori Scanning micrograph of
Campylobacter jejuni
• Reservoirs : poultry, pigs, cattle Microbiology, A system approach. 2012
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Helicobacter pylori
• Gram-negative, non-spore-forming
bacteria
• Curved, helical or spiral or fusiform
rod-shaped
• Size : 0.3 – 0.6 x 1 – 10 µm
• Motile multiple (4 – 8 /cell)
monopolar sheathed flagella
• Microaerobic with respiratory type
of metabolism
• Lack carbohydrate utilization H. pylori Gram stain, 100x.
World Journal of Gastroenterology.
pathway 2008
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Microbiology aspect
• Culture of gastric biopsy specimen BHIA, brucella agar, Wilkins
Chalgren agar, Trypticase soy agar (primary), Columbia agar + 10%
defibrinated horse blood (excellent results)
• Cytochrome oxidase producing, urease hydrolysis, nitrate
reduction, indoxyl acetate hydrolysis, alkaline phosphatase activity
• Microbiology examination : ELISA HpSA (stool antigen test)
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Definitions
• Strain : genetic variants within a species
• Serotype (or serovar) : the type of a microorganism determined by
its constituent antigens; a taxonomic subdivision based thereon
• Serogroup : an unofficial designation denoting a group of bacteria
containing a common antigen, possibly including more than one
serotype, species, or genus
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