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Patient History
• A 2 year old male with a very complicated medical history
presented to the UCLA emergency department with fever,
diarrhea, myalgias, rhinorrhea, dehydration, and decreased
activity.
• The patient had a medical history significant for heart
transplant and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder.
• He lived with 3 siblings, one of which was sick with similar
diarrheal symptoms.
Enteric Work-up @ UCLA
Specimen: Fresh stool was collected and sent in a
transport container to the UCLA clinical
microbiology lab for culture.
MacConkey agar –
• Contains bile salts and crystal violet, which inhibit the
growth of most Gram-positive bacteria. Bacteria that
ferment lactose appear pink on this agar.
Principle:
The strip consists of 20 microtubes containing dehydrated substrates. The tests
are inoculated with bacterial suspensions that reconstitutes the media. During
incubation, specific bacterial metabolites are produced that can be detected
via color changes. Based on this information, bacterial identification is often
possible.
Wellcolex Serogrouping for Salmonella
Antibody conjugated latex agglutination test for rapid serogroup classification of Salmonella spp.
Latex reagent 1:
• Green latex (anti-Salmonella grp. D1 Abs)
Latex reagent 2:
• Blue latex (anti-Salmonella grps. E & G Abs)
CDC.gov, 2013
Classification - Salmonella species and
serotypes
Only two species of the genus Salmonella are recognized:
S. enterica – composed of six sub-species (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IV, VI).
S. bongori – formerly subspecies V (20 serotypes).
6 subspecies of S. enterica.
>2500 serotypes of S. enterica subsp. Enterica.
Treatment for Salmonella Gastroenteritis
• Oral or intravenous rehydration.
• Generally antibiotics are not recommended.
– Agents do not shorten course of illness.
– Antibiotic resistance increasing problem.
– Antibiotics can prolong excretion of Salmonella.
– Exceptions include high risk groups.
• Underlying disease or complicated medical history
• Young children
• Disseminated infection
• Antibiotics
– Objective is to treat or prevent recurrence of bacteremic disease .
– Fluoroquinolones
– Azithromycin
– TMP-SMX
Ian McHardy, Ph.D.
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