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Title: Streptococci and Other


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  • Streptococci and Other
  • Streptococci-like Organisms

2
Streptococcus and Enterococcus General
Characteristics
  • Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic cocci
  • Most are typically spherical some may appear
    elongated

3
Streptococcus and Enterococcus General
Characteristics
  • Appear in chains when smears are prepared from
    broth cultures
  • Catalase-and oxidase-negative

4
Streptococcus and Enterococcus Habitat and
Clinical Infections
  • Clinical infections
  • Upper and lower respiratory tract infections
  • Urinary tract infections
  • Wound infections
  • Endocarditis
  • Habitat
  • Indigenous respiratory tract microbial flora of
    animals and humans
  • Certain species are also found in the
    gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts of humans

5
Streptococcus and Enterococcus Cell Wall
Structure
  • Thick peptidoglycan layer
  • Teichoic acid
  • Ccarbohydrate layer present except in viridans
    group
  • C carbohydrates used in Lancefield grouping of
    Streptococcus spp. (EXCEPT S. pneumoniae and S.
    viridans)
  • Groups A, B, C, D, etc.
  • Capsule in S. pneumoniae and in young cultures of
    most species

6
Streptococcus and Enterococcus General
Characteristics
  • Hemolytic Patterns
  • Beta (ß) a clear, colorless zone around the
    colony caused by complete hemolysis of the red
    blood cells in sheep blood agar

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Streptococcus and Enterococcus Hemolytic Patterns
  • Alpha (a)hemolysis showing a greenish
    discoloration around the area surrounding the
    colony due to incomplete hemolysis of the red
    blood cells in sheep blood agar

8
Streptococcus and Enterococcus Hemolytic Patterns
  • No hemolysis (gamma) colonies show no hemolysis
    or discoloration in isolated colonies (thick
    part of this plate looks alpha-hemolytic)

9
Classification of Streptococcus and Enterococcus
10
Biochemical Identification
  • Susceptibility tests
  • Bacitracin (0.04 units) or A disk or Taxo A
    disk
  • Identifies Group A streptococci

Group A streptococcus is susceptible to A disk
(left)
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Biochemical Identification
  • Susceptibility test
  • Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole (SXT)
  • Inhibits beta-hemolytic streptococcal groups
    other than A and B

Group A streptococcus growing in the presence of
SXT
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Biochemical Identification
  • Susceptibility test
  • Optochin P disk or Taxo P disk
  • Differentiates S. pneumoniae from other
    alpha-hemolytic streptococci (Viridans group)
  • Bile solubility test
  • S pneumoniae lyses in a suspension of sodium
    deoxycholate while other viridans streptococci do
    not lyse (old test no longer in use, but seen
    frequently on certification exams)

13
Biochemical Identification
  • PYR hydrolysis
  • Substrate L-pyrrolidonyl-b-napthlyamide (PYR) is
    hydrolyzed by Group A Streptococci and
    Enterococcus sp.
  • As specific as 6.5 NaCl broth for Enterococcus
    sp.
  • More specific than Bacitracin for Group A
    streptococci

PYR test for Group A streptococci and
enterococci. Both are positive for this test
(right) left is a negative result
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Biochemical Identification
  • Hydrolysis
  • Hippurate hydrolysis
  • Differentiates Group B streptococci from other
    beta hemolytic streptococci
  • Group B streptococci hydrolyzes sodium hippurate

15
Biochemical Identification
  • Christie-Atkins, Munch-Petersen (CAMP) test
  • Detects the production of enhanced hemolysis that
    occurs when b-lysin and the hemolysins of Group B
    streptococci come in contact

Group B streptococci showing the classical
arrow-shaped hemolysis near the staphylococcus
streak
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Biochemical Identification
  • Bile Esculin hydrolysis
  • Ability to grow in 40 bile and hydrolyze Esculin
    are features of streptococci that possess Group
    D antigen (we use BE slants in lab instead of
    plates)
  • Growth in 6.5 NaCl broth
  • Differentiates Group D streptococci from
    enterococci

Both Group D streptococci and enterococci produce
a positive (left) bile Esculin hydrolysis test.
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Biochemical Identification
  • Streptococcus spp. can also be identified used
    latex agglutination kits. Latex beads are coated
    with group specific anti-serum, which clump when
    mixed with a small amount of colony from the
    specific Streptococcus sp.

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Clinically Significant Streptococci
Streptococcus pyogenes or Group A Beta-Hemolytic
Streptococci
  • Bacterial structure
  • Fimbrae attachment and adherence
  • M protein major virulence factor resistance to
    phagocytosis
  • Hyaluronic acid capsule prevents phagocytosis

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Streptococcus pyogenes or Group A Streptococci
Additional Virulence Factors
  • Hemolysins
  • Streptolysin O (O2 labile) detected in ASO titers
  • Streptolysin S (O2 stable)
  • Erythrogenic toxin
  • Enzymes
  • Streptokinase
  • DNases
  • Hyaluronidase spreading factor

20
Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A) Streptococcal
Infections
  • Acute bacterial pharyngitis (about 1/3 of all
    sore throats are strep throats)
  • Sore throat
  • Malaise
  • Fever/headache
  • Scarlet fever
  • Pyodermal infections
  • Impetigo
  • Erysipelas
  • Cellulitis

Erysipelas due to Streptococcus pyogenes
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Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A) Streptococcal
Infections
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Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A) Streptococcal
Infections
  • Scarlet Fever (starts with pharyngitis and causes
    rash on trunk and extremities)

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PostGroup-A Streptococcal Infections
  • Rheumatic fever from pharyngeal infections only
  • Fever
  • Inflammation of the heart, joints, blood vessels,
    and subcutaneous tissues
  • Chronic, progressive damage to the heart valves
    (most evidence favors cross-reactivity between
    Strep. antigens and heart tissue)

24
PostGroup-A Streptococcal Infections
  • Acute glomerulonephritis (AGN) from either
    cutaneous or pharyngeal infections
  • More common in children than adults
  • Antigen-antibody complexes deposit in the
    glomerulus
  • Inflammatory response causes damage to the
    glomerulus and impairs the kidneys

25
Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections
  • Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome
  • Multi-organ system failure similar to
    staphylococcal toxic shock
  • Initial infection may have been pharyngitis,
    cellulitis, peritonitis, or other wound infections

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Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections
Flesh-Eating Bacteria
  • Cellulitis
  • Severe form of infection that is life-threatening
  • Bacteremia and sepsis may occur
  • In patients necrotizing fasciitis, edema,
    erythema, and pain in the affected area may
    develop
  • Streptococcal myositis resembles clostridial
    gangrene

27
Laboratory Diagnosis Group A Streptococcus
Grams stained wound smear showing gram-positive
cocci in chains with numerous polys (PMNs)
28
Laboratory Diagnosis Group A Streptococcus
  • Colony morphology
  • Transparent, smooth, and well-defined zone of
    complete or b- hemolysis

29
Laboratory Diagnosis Group A Streptococcus
  • Identification
  • Catalase-negative
  • Bacitracin-susceptible
  • PYR-positive
  • Bile-esculinnegative
  • 6.5 NaCl-negative

Group A streptococci is susceptible to Bacitracin
disk (left) The right shows resistance
30
Group B b-Hemolytic Streptococcus (Staphylococcus
agalactiae)
  • Has been known to cause mastitis in cattle
  • Colonize the urogenital tract of pregnant women
    (10-30 rate can cause OB complications such as
    premature rupture of membranes and premature
    delivery)
  • Cause invasive diseases in newborns
  • Early-onset infection
  • Late-onset disease

31
Staphylococcus agalactiae Invasive Infections
  • Early-onset infection
  • Occurs in neonates who are less than 7 days old
    neonates
  • Vertical transmission of the organism from the
    mother
  • Manifests in the form of pneumonia or meningitis
    with bacteremia
  • Associated with a high mortality rate

32
Staphylococcus agalactiae Invasive Infections
  • Late-onset infection
  • Occurs between 1 week and 3 months after birth
  • Usually occurs in the meningitis form
  • Mortality rate is not as high as early-onset
  • In adults
  • Occurs in immunosuppressed patients or those with
    underlying diseases
  • Often found in a previously healthy adult who
    just experienced childbirth

33
Laboratory Diagnosis Group B b-Hemolytic
Streptococcus
  • Colony morphology
  • Grayish-white, mucoid, creamy, narrow zone of
    b-hemolysis
  • Presumptive Identification tests
  • Catalase-negative
  • Bacitracin-resistant

34
Laboratory Diagnosis Group B b-Hemolytic
Streptococcus
  • Presumptive identification tests
  • Bile-esculin-hydrolysisnegative
  • Does not grow in 6.5 NaCl
  • CAMP-testpositive
  • Hippurate hydrolysis positive

S. agalactiae shows the arrow-shaped hemolysis
near the staphylococcus streak, showing a
positive test for CAMP factor
35
Identification Schema
Schema to differentiate Group A and B from other
b-hemolytic streptococci
36
Streptococcus Group D and Enterococcus Species
  • Members of the gut flora
  • Associated infections
  • Bacteremia
  • Urinary tract infections
  • Wound infections
  • Endocarditis

37
Laboratory Diagnosis Streptococcus Group D and
Enterococcus Species
  • Microscopic morphology
  • Cells tend to elongate
  • Colony morphology
  • Most are non-hemolytic, although some may show a-
    or, rarely, b-hemolysis
  • Possess Group D antigen

38
Laboratory Diagnosis Streptococcus Group D and
Enterococcus Species
  • Identification tests
  • Catalase may produce a weak catalase reaction
  • Hydrolyze bile esculin
  • Differentiate Group D from Enterococcus sp. with
    6.5 NaCl or PYR test
  • Important to identify Enterococcus from
    non-Enterococcus, because Enterococcus must be
    treated more aggressively.

39
Identification Schema
Schema to differentiate Enterococcus and Group D
streptococci from other nonhemolytic streptococci
40
Other Streptococcal Species
  • Viridans group (Viridans means green)
  • Members of the normal oral and nasopharyngeal
    flora
  • Includes those that lack the Lancefield group
    antigen
  • Most are ? hemolytic but also includes
    nonhemolytic species
  • The most common cause of subacute bacterial
    endocarditis (SBE)

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Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • General characteristics
  • Inhabits the nasopharyngeal areas of healthy
    individuals
  • Typical opportunist
  • Possess C substance
  • Virulence factors
  • Polysaccharide capsule
  • Clinical infections
  • Pneumonia (most common cause of bacterial
    pneumonia)
  • Meningitis
  • Bacteremia
  • Sinusitis/otitis media (most common cause of
    otitis media in children lt 3 years)
  • Vaccine should be given to elderly and those
    without spleens

42
Laboratory DiagnosisStreptococcus pneumoniae
  • Microscopic morphology
  • Gram-positive cocci in pairs lancet-shaped
    (somewhat oval in shape)

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Laboratory DiagnosisStreptococcus pneumoniae
  • Colony morphology
  • Smooth, glistening, wet-looking, mucoid
  • a-Hemolytic
  • CO2enhances growth
  • As colony ages, autolytic collapse causes
    checker shape

44
Laboratory Diagnosis Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Identification
  • Catalase negative
  • Optochin-susceptibility-testsusceptible
  • Bile-solubility-testpositive

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Identification Schema
Schema to differentiate S. pneumoniae from other
a-hemolytic streptococci
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NVS Streptococcus
  • Nutritionally variant streptococci
  • Causes endocarditis and otitis media
  • Can be normal throat flora
  • Requires pyridoxal to grow (can satellite arouond
    Staph, E. coli, Klebsiella, Enterobacter and
    yeasts)
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