chapter 24 diagnostic microbiology and immunology
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CHAPTER 24Diagnostic Microbiology and
Immunology
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Growth-Dependent Diagnostic Methods
Isolation of Pathogens from Clinical Specimens
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• Proper sampling and culture of a suspected pathogen is the most reliable way to identify an organism that causes a disease (Figure 24.1).
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• Most clinical samples are first grown on general-purpose media, media such as blood agar that support the growth of most aerobic and facultatively anaerobic organisms.
• Enrichment culture, the use of selected culture media and incubation conditions to isolate microorganisms from samples, is an important part of clinical microbiology.
• Table 24.1 shows recommended enriched media and selective media for primary isolation of pathogens.
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• Differential media are specialized media that allow identification of organisms based on their growth and appearance on the media.
• Experienced clinical microbiologists may make a tentative identification of an isolate by observing the color and morphology of colonies of the suspected pathogen growth on various media, as described in Table 24.2.
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• Bacteremia is the presence of bacteria in the blood.
• Septicemia is a blood infection resulting from the growth of a virulent organism entering the blood from a focus of infection, multiplying, and traveling to various body tissues to initiate new infections.
• The selection of appropriate sampling and culture conditions requires knowledge of bacterial ecology, physiology, and nutrition.
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Growth-Dependent Identification Methods
• Traditional methods for identifying pathogens depend on observing metabolic changes induced as a result of growth. These growth-dependent methods provide rapid and accurate pathogen identification.
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• Table 24.3 gives important clinical diagnostic tests for bacteria.
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Antimicrobial Drug Susceptibility Testing
• Antimicrobial drugs are widely used for the treatment of infectious diseases.
• Pathogens should be tested for susceptibility to individual antibiotics to ensure appropriate chemotherapy. This rigorous approach to antimicrobial drug treatment is usually applied only in health care settings.
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• The standard procedure that assesses antimicrobial activity is called the Kirby–Bauer method (Figure 24.8).
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• Agar media are inoculated by evenly spreading a defined density of a suspension of the pure culture on the agar surface. Filter paper disks containing a defined quantity of the antimicrobial agents are then placed on the inoculated agar.
• After a specified period of incubation, the diameter of the inhibition zone around each disk is measured. Table 24.4 presents zone sizes for several antibiotics.
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• Antibiograms are periodic reports that indicate the susceptibility of clinically isolated organisms to the antibiotics in current local use.
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Safety in the Microbiology Laboratory
• Safety in the clinical laboratory requires effective training, planning, and care to prevent the infection of laboratory workers with pathogens.
• Materials such as live cultures, inoculated culture media, used hypodermic needles, and patient specimens require specific precautions for safe handling.
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Immunology and Clinical Diagnostic Methods
Immunoassays for Infectious Disease
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• An immune response is a natural outcome of infection. The major aspects of immunity are summarized in Figure 24.10.
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• Specific immune responses, particularly antibody titers and skin tests, can be monitored to provide information about past infections, current infections, and convalescence (Figure 24.11).
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• Common immunodiagnostic tests for pathogens are shown in Table 24.5.
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Polyclonal and Monoclonal Antibodies
• Polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies are used for research and clinical applications.
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• Hybridoma technology (Figure 24.12) provides reproducible, monospecific antibodies for a wide range of clinical, diagnostic, and research purposes.
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• Table 24.6 shows characteristics of monoclonal and polyclonal antibody production.
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In Vitro Antigen-Antibody Reactions: Serology
• The study of antigen-antibody reactions in vitro is called serology.
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• Antigen-antibody reactions require that antibody bind to antigen. Types of antigen-antibody reactions are shown in Table 24.7.
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• Specificity (Table 24.8) and sensitivity define the accuracy of individual serological tests.
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• Neutralization (Figure 24.13) and precipitation (Figure 24.14) reactions are examples of antigen-binding tests that produce visible results involving antigen-antibody interactions.
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Agglutination
• Direct agglutination tests are widely used for determination of blood types (Figure 24.15).
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• A number of passive agglutination tests are available for identification of a variety of pathogens and pathogen-related products. Agglutination tests are rapid, relatively sensitive, highly specific, simple to perform, and inexpensive.
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Fluorescent Antibodies
• Fluorescent antibodies are used for quick, accurate identification of pathogens and other antigenic substances in tissue samples and other complex environments.
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• Fluorescent antibody-based methods (Figure 24.18) can be used for identification, quantitative enumeration, and sorting of a variety of cell types.
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and
Radioimmunoassay
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• ELISA (Figures 24.23, 24.24) and RIA (Figure 24.26) methods are the most sensitive immunoassay techniques.
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• Both involve linking a detection system, either an enzyme or a radioactive molecule, to an antibody or antigen, significantly enhancing sensitivity.
• ELISA and RIA are used for clinical and research work; tests have been designed to detect either antibody or antigen in many applications.
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Immunoblot Procedures
• Immunoblot (Western blot) procedures (Figure 24.27) are used to detect antibodies to specific antigens or to detect the presence of the antigens themselves.
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• The antigens are separated by electrophoresis, transferred (blotted) to a membrane, and exposed to antibody.
• Immune complexes are visualized with enzyme-labeled or radioactive secondary antibodies. Immunoblots are extremely specific, but procedures are complex and time-consuming.
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Molecular and Visual Diagnostic Methods
Nucleic Acid Methods
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• Nucleic acid hybridization is a powerful laboratory tool used to identify microorganisms (Figure 24.28).
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• To design a nucleic acid probe, a nucleic acid sequence specific for the microorganism of interest must be available.
• Perhaps the most widespread use of probe-based technology is in the application of gene amplification (PCR) methods. Various DNA-based methodologies are currently used in clinical, food, and research laboratories.
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• Table 24.9 lists pathogens identified with nucleic acid probe and PCR methods.
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Diagnostic Virology
• Virus propagation in vitro can be accomplished only in tissue culture. Therefore, most diagnostic techniques for viral identification are not growth-dependent but routinely rely on immunoassays and nucleic acid–based techniques.
• Electron microscopy techniques are useful for direct observation of viruses in host samples.