GRAM POSITIVE COCCI Gram positive and negative bacteria: The cell wall very different: . Peptidoglycanvery strong, thick and rigid. . Teichoic acid surface antigen.
Species cause of human disease: Staphylococcus aureus Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus pyogenic ect
Structure and function Capsule antiphagocytosis Peptidoglycan stimulate production of endogenous pyrogens Protein spesific:A,M,F antiphagocytosis,anticomplementary Teichoic acid attachment to mucosal
Pathogenesis and Immunity The virulence is determined by: a variety of structural molecule and elaborated toxins and enzymes. virulence factors
Toxins - Exotoxin : 1. Cytotoxin 2. Enterotoxin food poisoning .resistant to gastric &jejunal enzymes. .heat stable .stimulate intestinal peristalsis
Enzymes . Coagulase fibrin layer . Catalase H2O2 . Hyaluronidase spreading factors . Lipase . Fibrinolysin . Penicillinase . Ig A protease . Hemolysin : Streptolysin O antigenic
Important features of pathogenesis Staphylococcus aureus 1. Pyogenic (abscess) - local skin infection surgical wound infection - disseminated sepsis 2. Toxigenic food poisoning
Staphylococcus epidermidis Pyogenic iv catheter sites & prostetic devices Staphylococcus saprophyticus Pyogenic UTI(Urinary Tract Infection )
Streptococcus pyogenes 1.Pyogenic . Local : skin,pharing . Disseminated : sepsis 2. Toxigenic 3. Immune-mediated(post Streptococcal infection,non suppurative)
Poststreptococcal disease Immunologic response to streptococcal M protein that cross-react with human tissues. Acute Glomerulonephritis antigen-antibody complexes on glomerular. Acute Rheumatic Fever autoimmune disease
Streptococcus pneumoniae Pyogenic : . Pneumonia . Otitis media . Meningitis