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CLS419 – Clinical Microbiology II University of Nebraska Medical Center Clinical Laboratory Science Program Section Six: Stool Cultures CLS 419 Clinical Microbiology II Page 89 Stool Cultures II – Task List 1. Review objectives for this unit Objectives for all CLS 419 Bacteriology Units – Rotation II Stool Cultures II 2. Read: Textbook: • Chapter 34 – Gastrointestinal Infections and Food Poisoning, pages 957-978 • Chapter 28 – Diagnostic Parasitology, pages 762-766, Amoeba 769-777, Flagellates 778-782, and Cryptosporidium 795-797 Procedure: • Stool Culture General Procedure (found in Rotation I Manual) 3. Review Parasitology Lecture Information from Student Lab: • Stool Specimens • Amoeba – intestinal and free-living • Flagellates – intestinal and vaginal • Cryptosporidium 4. Complete Study Questions Stool Cultures II 5. Complete Worksheet Parasitology Case Study Review 6. Complete bench time at your clinical site as assigned by your instructor(s) 7. Complete Stool Culture II Exam CLS 419 Clinical Microbiology II Rotation 2 Stool Cultures Task List and Objectives Page 90 STOOL CULTURES NOTE: All objectives in bold face are new objectives for CLS 419 and were not part of CLS 418. Objectives: After review of the Clinical Microbiology Study Manual and completion of the clinical rotation for CLS 419 Clinical Laboratory Microbiology II, the Clinical Laboratory Science student will be able to: 1. Discuss appropriate transport and handling of stool specimens for culture. 2. Determine the appropriateness of the following direct tests when processing stool specimens: a. Detection of leukocytes b. Gram stain 3. Describe the procedures for setting up a culture for the following potential stool pathogens, including the types of media used and incubation requirements: a. Salmonella/Shigella species b. Campylobacter jejuni c. Escherichia coli O157:H7 d. Yersinia enterocolitica e. Vibrio species f. Aeromonas/Plesiomonas species g. Staphylococcus aureus 4. Evaluate stool culture findings based upon: a. Normal flora b. Potential pathogens 5. Recognize the following three stool pathogens that should always be screened for when a stool specimen is submitted for bacterial culture regardless of patient age or geographic location: a. Salmonella species b. Shigella species c. Campylobacter species 6. Explain the clinical significance of detecting Shiga-like toxin antigen in stool specimens. 7. Recognize the following laboratory methods for detection of Shiga-like toxin antigen in stool specimens: a. EIA b. Molecular 8. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of the following methods in the diagnosis of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS): a. Antigen testing b. Culture ENTEROBACTERIACEAE 1. Describe the following characteristics common to the Enterobacteriaceae: a. Gram stain morphology b. Oxidase reaction c. Glucose fermentation d. Nitrate reduction e. Growth on MacConkey agar f. Flagellar arrangement CLS 419 Clinical Microbiology II Rotation 2 Stool Cultures Task List and Objectives Page 91 2. Evaluate the following media, including purpose, proper use, significant ingredients, inhibitory or selective properties and colonial appearance: a. MacConkey agar (MAC) b. Hektoen enteric agar (HE) c. Salmonella-Shigella agar (SS) d. Xylose-lysine-deoxycholate agar (XLD) e. Eosin-methylene blue agar (EMB) f. Cefsulodin-irgasan-novobiocin agar (CIN) or Yersinia selective agar g. Phosphate buffered saline h. Gram-negative broth (GN) i. MacSorbitol agar 3. Explain the principle of the following biochemical reactions and other characteristics, including the interpretation of results: a. Indole b. Kliger’s iron agar (KIA) c. Lysine iron agar (LIA) d. Triple sugar iron agar (TSI) e. Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) f. Oxidation-fermentation medium (OF) g. Urease production h. Gelatin liquefaction i. Motility j. Nitrate reduction k. Citrate utilization l. Voges-Proskauer m. Deaminase reaction (tryptophan, lysine, phenylalanine) n. Ortho-nitro-phenyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside (ONPG) 4. Evaluate the acceptability of results for tests listed in Objective #3, including appropriate corrective action and/or further testing if necessary. 5. Differentiate between the following Enterobacteriaceae based on colonial morphology and the tests listed in Objective #3. a. Escherichia coli k. Enterobacter cloacae b. Shigella sonnei l. Enterobacter aerogenes c. Shigella species m. Edwardsiella tarda d. Salmonella species n. Proteus vulgaris e. Salmonella typhi o. Proteus mirabilis f. Serratia species p. Morganella morganii g. Citrobacter freundii q. Providencia species h. Citrobacter koseri r. Providencia rettgeri i. Klebsiella pneumoniae s. Yersinia enterocolitica j. Klebsiella oxytoca 6. Define the following terms: a. Capsular antigen (K) b. Somatic antigen (O) c. Flagellar antigen (H) d. Vi antigen 7. Evaluate the use of the antigens listed in objective #6 when performing serologic typing of organisms. 8. Discuss the following confirmatory methods used to identify Escherichia coli O157:H7: a. Serogrouping / serotyping b. Verotoxin detection CLS 419 Clinical Microbiology II Rotation 2 Stool Cultures Task List and Objectives Page 92 9. Correlate the clinical, epidemiological and laboratory findings associated with Enterobacteriaceae related to the following infections: a. Gastrointestinal infections b. Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) d. Typhoid fever f. Opportunistic/nosocomial infections CAMPYLOBACTER AND HELICOBACTER 1. Evaluate Campylobacter blood agar (CVA) or Skirrow blood agar, including purpose, proper use, significant ingredients, inhibitory or selective properties and colonial appearance. 2. Identify Campylobacter jejuni based on the following characteristics: a. Gram stain reaction and morphology b. Growth at 25ºC, 37ºC and 42ºC c. Colony morphology d. Catalase reaction e. Oxidase reaction f. Sodium hippurate hydrolysis g. Nalidixic acid and Cephalothin susceptibilities h. Motility 3. Identify Helicobacter pylori based on the following characteristics: a. Gram stain reaction and morphology b. Growth requirements c. Direct specimen testing (i.e. rapid urea or antigen testing) d. Oxidase reaction e. Urease reaction 4. Discuss the use of serological testing in the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infections. 5. Correlate the clinical, epidemiological and laboratory findings associated with the following infections: a. Campylobacter jejuni 1) Gastroenteritis b. Helicobacter pylori 1) Gastritis 2) Peptic ulcer disease ANAEROBES 8. Describe the Gram stain reaction and morphology of each of the following anaerobic species: f. Clostridium 13. Correlate the clinical, epidemiological and laboratory finding associated with the following anaerobic infections: d. Clostridium difficile 1) Antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis GRAM-POSITIVE BACILLI 1. Describe the Gram stain morphology, oxygen requirements and catalase reaction for each of the following gram-positive bacilli: a. Spore-forming 1) Bacillus species 9. Correlate the clinical, epidemiological and laboratory findings associated with the following infections: b. Bacillus cereus 1) Food poisoning CLS 419 Clinical Microbiology II Rotation 2 Stool Cultures Task List and Objectives Page 93 11. Correlate the patient immune status with the pathogenicity of the following organisms: b. Bacillus cereus GRAM-NEGATIVE RODS - OXIDASE POSITIVE FERMENTERS 1. Discuss the following characteristics common to the Vibrionaceae: a. Gram stain morphology b. Glucose fermentation c. Oxidase reaction d. Growth on MacConkey agar 2. Evaluate the following media, including purpose, proper use, significant ingredients, inhibitory or selective properties and colonial appearance: a. Thiosulfate-citrate-bile-sucrose agar (TCBS) b. Alkaline peptone broth 3. Distinguish Vibrio species from Aeromonas species and Plesiomonas species based on the following characteristics: a. Gram stain morphology b. Colonial morphology c. Growth on TCBS agar 4. Differentiate Aeromonas species from Plesiomonas species based on the following characteristics: a. Colonial morphology b. Ornithine decarboxylase 6. Correlate the clinical, epidemiological and laboratory findings associated with the following infections: a. Vibrio cholerae 1) Cholera b. Vibrio parahaemolyticus 1) Gastroenteritis e. Plesiomonas shigelloides 1) Gastroenteritis f. Aeromonas hydrophila 1) Gastroenteritis STAPHYLOCOCCUS 4. Correlate clinical, epidemiological and laboratory findings associated with the following infections: a. Staphylococcus aureus 8) Pseudomembranous enterocolitis 9) Food poisoning INTRODUCTION TO PARASITOLOGY 1. Define the following terms: b. Parasite e. Protozoa 1) Pathogenic 1) Amoeba 2) Nonpathogenic (commensal) 2) Flagellates 3) Opportunistic 4) Sporozoa 3. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the following preservatives used to transport feces for ova and parasite examinations: a. Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) b. 10% Formalin c. One-vial fixatives (do not contain mercury) CLS 419 Clinical Microbiology II Rotation 2 Stool Cultures Task List and Objectives Page 94 4. Evaluate the acceptability of the following specimens for parasitic examination, including specimen collection and transportation: a. Feces c. Scotch tape prep b. Duodenal aspirate i. Vaginal secretions 5. Evaluate the following methods used to recover parasites from clinical specimens: a. Direct methods 1) Macroscopic examination 2) Saline preparations 3) Iodine wet preparations b. Concentration methods 1) Formalin-ethyl acetate (sedimentation) c. Permanent stained smears 1) Trichrome stain 3) Modified acid-fast PROTOZOA – AMOEBA 1. Recognize the role (diagnostic or infective) of the following life cycle stages of the intestinal amoeba: a. Cyst b. Trophozoite 2. Recognize the following structures of the intestinal amoeba as they pertain to the identification of the parasite: a. Nucleus d. Vacuoles b. Karyosome e. Chromatoid bars c. Peripheral chromatin 3. Discuss the parasites listed below, emphasizing: a. Infective form(s) for man b. Identification of the diagnostic form(s) c. Transmission, including significant vectors or reservoirs 1) Intestinal a) Entamoeba histolytica b) Entamoeba hartmanni c) Entamoeba coli d) Endolimax nana e) Iodamoeba butschlii f) Blastocystis hominis 2) Extraintestinal a) Naegleria fowleri b) Acanthamoeba species 4. Correlate clinical, epidemiological and laboratory findings associated with the following infections: a. Entamoeba histolytica 1) Amebic dysentery b. Naegleria fowleri 1) Primary amebic meningoencephalitis c. Acanthamoeba species 1) Granulomatous amebic encephalitis 2) Acanthamoeba keratitis PROTOZOA – FLAGELLATES 1. Recognize the role (diagnostic or infective) of the following life cycle stages for the flagellates: a. Intestinal: 1) Cyst 2) Trophozoite CLS 419 Clinical Microbiology II Rotation 2 Stool Cultures Task List and Objectives Page 95 2. Recognize the following structures of the intestinal flagellates as they pertain to the identification of the parasite: a. Nucleus d. Cytostome b. Axoneme e. Axostyle c. Flagella f. Undulating membrane 3. Discuss the parasites listed below, emphasizing: a. Infective form(s) for man 1) Giardia lamblia 2) Trichomonas vaginalis b. Identification of the diagnostic form(s): 1) Intestinal 2) Extraintestinal a) Giardia lamblia a) Trichomonas vaginalis b) Chilomastix mesnili c) Trichomonas hominis d) Dientamoeba fragilis c. Transmission, including significant vectors or reservoirs: 1) Giardia lamblia 2) Trichomonas vaginalis 4. Correlate clinical, epidemiological and laboratory findings associated with the following infections: a. Giardia lamblia 1) Diarrhea 2) Malabsorption syndrome b. Trichomonas vaginalis 1) Urethritis / vaginitis PROTOZOA - SPOROZOA 1. Recognize the role (diagnostic or infective) of the following life cycle stages for the sporozoa: a. Intestinal: 1) Oocyst 2. Identify the diagnostic form(s) for the parasites listed below: a. Intestinal 1) Cryptosporidium parvuum 3. Differentiate Cryptosporidium parvuum and Cyclospora species based on their oocyst size. 4. Recognize the clinical significance of the following pathogenic parasites: a. Cryptosporidium parvuum 1) Diarrhea CLS 419 Clinical Microbiology II Rotation 2 Stool Cultures Task List and Objectives Page 96 Study Questions – Stool Cultures Rotation II Utilize your Stool Culture Rotation II objectives as a guide for answering the following questions. Suggested references in completing the study questions: • Mahon & Manuselis, Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology, 3rd Ed., Saunders, 2007. (Your textbook) • Student Manuals When indicated: Clinical Microbiology Blackboard course components are found under <Assignments><Clinical Rotations - Bacteriology<Stool Culture II Unit><Study Questions> folder. 1. A stool submitted for a Yersinia Culture is best inoculated to _____________ and incubated at ______________________________. a. b. c. d. Cefsulodin-irgasan-novobiocin (CIN) agar, 25°C in ambient air Cefsulodin-irgasan-novobiocin (CIN) agar, 37°C in ambient air Cycloserine-Cefoxitin Fructose (CCFA) agar, 25°C in ambient air Cycloserine-Cefoxitin Fructose (CCFA) agar, 37°C in anaerobic conditions What are the growth characteristics of Yersinia enterocolitica under these incubation conditions (i.e., rate of growth, colony morphology)? What are the glucose and oxidase results of Yersinia enterocolitica? 2. A stool fecal leukocyte test performed on the stool of 24-year-old male was reported as having moderate PMNs. After 24 hours of incubation at 35°C in ambient air, the routine stool culture is growing: MacConkey agar (Mac): Many clear colonies, Hektoen Enteric agar (HE): Many clear colonies with black centers What is your next step? After recording your answer, go to the Clinical Microbiology Blackboard course component <Assignments><Clinical Rotations - Bacteriology<Stool Culture II Unit><Study Questions><Question 2> to continue with this question. Record further results here: CLS 419 Clinical Microbiology II Rotation 2 Stool Cultures Study Questions Page 97 3. A liquid stool from a 7-year-old girl is submitted for a stool culture. After 24 hours of incubation at 35°C in ambient air, the routine stool culture is growing a pure culture: Blood agar: Many beta-hemolytic, large, opaque colonies MacConkey agar (Mac): Many pink colonies Hektoen Enteric agar (HE): Many yellow colonies The organism is an oxidase positive, gram-negative rod. What is your next step? After recording your answer, go to the Clinical Microbiology Blackboard course component <Assignments><Clinical Rotations - Bacteriology<Stool Culture II Unit><Study Questions><Question 3> to continue with this question. Record further results here: 4. A liquid stool specimen from a 37-year-old male hospitalized for dehydration and hypotension was sent for routine stool culture as well as a culture for cholera. The previous day the man had returned from a South American trip. What medium/media should be added to recover the etiologic agent of cholera? After recording your answer, go to the Clinical Microbiology Blackboard course component <Assignments><Clinical Rotations - Bacteriology<Stool Culture II Unit><Study Questions><Question 4> to continue with this question. Record further results here: CLS 419 Clinical Microbiology II Rotation 2 Stool Cultures Study Questions Page 98 5. The laboratory received a gastric biopsy from a 35-year-old male diagnosed with peptic ulcer disease. A rapid urease test (i.e., CLOtest) performed on a portion of the biopsy was negative. Due to the negative rapid urease test, the physician ordered a culture looking specifically for an etiologic agent of peptic ulcer disease. What organism is he suspecting? After recording your answer, go to the Clinical Microbiology Blackboard course component <Assignments><Clinical Rotations - Bacteriology<Stool Culture II Unit><Study Questions><Question 5> to continue with this question. Record further results here: 6. If a delay longer than 2 hours is anticipated for a stool submitted for bacterial culture, the specimen should be: a. b. c. d. Frozen at -60°C Kept at room temperature up to 12 hours Placed in a transport medium such as Cary-Blair Refrigerated up to 24 hours 7. Routine stool culture should include testing for the presence of which of the following stool pathogens: a. b. c. d. e. Routine culture media for the detection of Salmonella and Shigella Routine culture media for the detection of Campylobacter species Routine culture media for Yersinia enterocolitica Thioglycollate broth to detect the presence of Clostridium botulinum Both A and B CLS 419 Clinical Microbiology II Rotation 2 Stool Cultures Study Questions Page 99 8. Please match the following with its reservoir. ____a. ____b. ____c. Salmonella species Salmonella typhi Shigella species 1. Only found in humans, not normal flora 2. Humans, and animal reservoirs 9. A 5-year-old patient was admitted to the hospital with acute enteritis. A routine stool culture and screen for Yersinia are ordered. MacConkey Agar shows colorless colonies. Oxidase testing is negative. Urease testing is positive. A red-centered colony with a clear periphery was isolated on the CIN agar. Which of the following tests would be helpful to identify the suspected pathogen? a. b. c. d. e. Glucose Fermentation Motility at 22 degrees Celsius Motility at 35 degrees Celsius All of the above None of the above What results would you expect on the suspected pathogen? Which pathogen is suspected? 10. Which of the following organisms can grow in the small bowel and cause diarrhea in children, traveler’s diarrhea, or a severe cholera-like syndrome through production of enterotoxins? a. b. c. d. Escherichia coli Salmonella typhi Shigella dysenteriae Yersinia enterocolitica 11. A. Which of the following organisms is most commonly associated with antibiotic-associated diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis? a. b. c. d. Staphylococcus aureus Clostridium difficile Shigella sonnei Clostridium perfringens B. Which test on stool would be the most beneficial in diagnosis of this organism? a. b. c. d. Routine culture and sensitivity Gram stain Antigen detection for toxin(s) by EIA or latex agglutination Ova and parasite examination CLS 419 Clinical Microbiology II Rotation 2 Stool Cultures Study Questions Page 100 12. In addition to routine culture media it is suggested that media be set routinely to screen for what organism when a bloody stool is received in the lab especially on small children? a. b. c. d. Yersinia enterocolitica E. coli 0157:H7 Vibrio cholera All of the above What additional media should be set up for this culture and how would you incubate the media (temperature, atmosphere, and how long)? 13. Please list media you would set for routine stool culture and how you would incubate the media (temperature, atmosphere and how long). 14. At 48 hours of incubation in 10% CO2 at 42˚C, the Campylobacter blood agar plate of a stool culture was growing a few gray, flat colonies. Gram stain of culture plate shows small gram-negative coccobacilli. Oxidase reaction is positive. It is the end of the day and the other microbiologists have gone for the day. You are not sure of your gram stain results. What test could be performed to confirm the presence of Campylobacter? a. Subculture to two CVA plates. Incubate one in Microaerophilic conditions at 42˚C and one plate at 35˚C in 5-7 % CO2. b. Perform Sodium Hippurate testing and release results as Campylobacter jejuni if positive. c. Perform Nalidixic Acid and Cephalothin disc testing. d. Nothing. Release results as Campylobacter species CLS 419 Clinical Microbiology II Rotation 2 Stool Cultures Study Questions Page 101 University of Nebraska Medical Center CLS419 Clinical Microbiology II: Parasitology Parasitology Case Study Review Worksheet Directions - to be used with the Blackboard Course component: Parasitology Case Study Review in the Stool Culture Unit folder. Go to the corresponding case study to view the microscopic examples for each case. Click on an image to see an enlarged view. Answer the following short answer or single answer multiple choice questions for each case. Case 1 – This organism was detected in a loose stool collected from a 4-year-old male that attends a daycare center. The child’s mother indicated the boy has experienced diarrhea and abdominal pain for approximately one week. 1. Identify the organism. 2. Besides stool, other specimen(s) acceptable for recovery of this organism include: a. b. c. d. Anticoagulated blood Duodenal aspirate, biopsy or contents as obtained with the string test Genital specimens, urine Liver aspirate or biopsy 3. Chronic infections with this organism often exhibit: a. b. c. d. Extraintestinal development Inflammatory reaction secondary to deposition of organism as it invades intestinal mucosa Malabsorption Vitamin B12 deficiency Case 2 – This organism was detected in the stool of a 48-year-old AIDS patient. The organism was detected with a modified-acid fast stain. 4. Identify this organism. 5. Humans acquire this infection via: a. b. c. d. Contact with cat feces Fecal/oral route Ingesting undercooked, infected meat Penetration of larval form 6. In immunocompromised hosts, this organism clinically exhibits as a/an: a. b. c. d. Extraintestinal tissue infection Parasitemia Prolonged diarrhea that worsens progressively Vitamin B12 deficiency Case 3 – This organism was detected in stool submitted from a 64-year-old male farmer. 7. Identify this organism. CLS 419 Clinical Microbiology II Rotation 2 Stool Cultures Study Questions Page 102 8. Clinically, this organism is considered to be a/an: a. b. c. d. Commensal, non-pathogenic organism Contaminant, possible association with allergies Etiologic agent of chronic diarrhea Primary cause of intestinal ulceration & colitis Case 4 – This organism was detected in stool of 45-year-old male complaining of a low-grade fever and abdominal pain. The stool was described as loose and blood-tinged. 9. Identify this organism. 10. Clinically, this organism can present as a(an) a. b. c. d. Asymptomatic, dysentery, or extraintestinal infection Infection with localized intestinal lesions that often spread to the respiratory tract Nonpathogenic, commensal organism Vitamin B12 deficiency Case 5 – These structures were detected in the stool of a 4-year-old boy. The stool was described as loose, with areas of mucus, pus and blood flecks. 11. Based on the given information and microscopic images, the structures seen are: a. b. c. d. Entamoeba coli cysts Entamoeba coli trophozoites Entamoeba histolytica cysts Polymorphonuclear WBCs Case 6 – These structures were detected in the stool of a 25-year-old male complaining of diarrhea and abdominal pain. 12. Based on the given information and microscopic images, the structures seen are: a. b. c. d. Artifact Dientamoeba fragilis trophozoites Endolimax nana trophozoites Iodamoeba butschlii trophozoites References: Garcia, Lynne, Bruckner, D., 1997, 3rd ed. Diagnostic medical parasitology. Washington, D.C.: ASM Press. Howard, Barbara J., Klaas II, J., Rubin, S., Weissfeld, Al, Tilton, Rl, 1994. Clinical and pathogenic microbiology. St. Louis: C.V. Mosby. Koneman, E., Allen, S., Janda, W., Schrechenberger, P., Winn, W., 1997. Color atlas and textbook of diagnostic microbiology., 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven. Mahon, C., & Manuselis G., 2000, Textbook of diagnostic microbiology, 2nd ed., Philadelphia: WB Saunders. CLS 419 Clinical Microbiology II Rotation 2 Stool Cultures Study Questions Page 103