Notes on Corynebacterium
Rahul's Noteblog Notes on Bacteriology Notes on Corynebacterium
Genus: Corynebacterium.
• Gram +; non-spore forming, immotile, aerobi Corynebacterium.
• Widespread in nature.
• Forms metachromatic granules.
• Generally inhabit the soil and are found on the surface of plants.
• Gram-positive pleomorphic rods that are often club-shaped and arranged to form V shapes or palisades.
• Facultative anaerobes, but some are strict aerobes.
• Form volutin granules and are dyed with methylene blue.
• Usually thrive in the throat, but the Corynebacterium diphtheria can cause disease.
• Non-motile, non-spore-forming.
Corynebacterium diphtheriae:
• Gray or black colonies growing on tellurite medium.
• Granules produced on Loeffler's medium.
• Toxin genes (lysogeny, beta-corynephage) spread one bacterium to another.
• Spreads by respiratory droplets.
Pathogenesis:
• Not invasive.
• Colonizes epithelium of oropharynx or skin.
• Diphtheria toxin ribosylates EF-2, and inhibits protein synthesis.
• Grey pseudomembrane obstructs larynx/trachea.
• May cause heart/nerve damage.
Diseases:
• Diphtheria: pseudomembrane, bull neck, myocarditis, recurrent laryngeal n. palsy.
Lab tests:
Treatment:
• Erythromycin and antitoxin.
Vaccinations:
• DTap, DTP or Td.
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