vibrinoceae

Comma/Curved Bacillus

• Vibronoceae

• Bacillus subtilis

• Escherichia coli

• Staphylococcus aureus

Pathogenic Vibrio spp

• V. cholerae 01: gastroenteritis

• V. parahaemolyticus: wound infection

• V. vulnificus: gastroenteritis

• V. alginolyticus: septicemia, external otitis

pandemic of the past

• modern

• classical

• future

• regional

Virulence factor of V. Cholerae

• Choleragen (cholera toxin)

• Endotoxin

• Exotoxin A

• Lipopolysaccharide

recent endemic

• el tor

• cholera

• typhoid

• malaria

ttga stands for?

• tellurite-taurocholate-gelatin agar

• tetracycline-taurocholate-gelatin agar

• trypticase-taurocholate-gelatin agar

• thiosulfate-taurocholate-gelatin agar

2 Biotypes/ Biovars of Epidemic V. cholerae O1:

• El tor

• Classical

• Vibrio parahaemolyticus

• Vibrio vulnificus

Causative agent of cholera a.k.a. Asiatic cholera or epidemic

• Vibrio cholerae

• Escherichia coli

• Salmonella enterica

• Shigella dysenteriae

Each Biotype is divided into subgroups:

• ogawa (ab)

• inaba (ac)

• hikojima (abc)

• sakura (abcd)

tcbs agar stands for?

• thiosulfate citrate bile salts sucrose

• tetrahydrofuran citrate bile salts sucrose

• thiosulfate chloride bile salts sucrose

• thiosulfate citrate bile salts sucrose solution