Streptococcus pneumoniae Lecture 9 Summer, 2004 Demosthenes Pappagianis, MD MMI 480B
The world’s deadliest infections* AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency synodrome. *Worldwide mortality data, for 1990(complied by the World Health Organization and the Harvard School of Public Health
Representative Organisms
Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
EM Diplococci - Strep
Lancet
Portion of cell wall peptidoglycan Amidase action
Streptococcus pneumoniae ( pneumococcus) type 3 pneumococcus
Type 3 and Type 8 antigens pneumococcus cross reaction
Predominant type in descending order of frequency Present in “23-valent” vaccine 85% * most often in pneumonia: 23, 26 (6B), 9(9F) in meningitis Serotypes (Capsular) of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Pneumonias Community Acquired Nosocomial % of patients 65Streptococcus pneumoniae CoKlebsiella pneumoniae 12Haemophilus influenzaEscherichia coli Co 2Staphylococcus aureus CO60Serratia marcescens Co 1Gram negative aerobic bacilli CoEnterobacter spp Co 4Miscellaneous agents * CoPseudomonas sp Co 4Legionella spp Co13Staphylococcus aureus 7Mycoplasma pneumoniae 8Streptococcus pneumoniae Co 1Chlamydia pneumoniae 3Viruses *Moraxella catarrhalis Mycobacterium tuberculosis Endemic fungi Co = Comorbid condition
Influenza Normal respiratory ciliated pseudostratified epithelium Epithelium damaged by influenza virus
Pneumococci Type I Alveolar Edema
Pneumonia/Congestion
Lobar Pneumonia
Bronchopneumonia in 4 1/2 y/o female
Alveolar exudate
Untreated Lobar Pneumonia
Acute Bacterial Meningitis * Has become infrequent in USA ** Especially in hospitalized patients *** Especially with underlying disease, e.g. renal failure
76 y/o man - died of acute pneumococcal meningitis Arrows point to depressed scar Exudate
Percentage of persons aged >/= 65 years who reported receiving influenza or pneumococcal vaccine, by year Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States,
Strep. pneumoniae Sites of resistance to antimicrobials
Prevalence of bacterial causes of common infections Bacteria Pneumoniae Otitis mediaSinusitis Meningitis Streptococcus pneumoniae8.4% 40%30% 35% Legionella species6% Hemophilus influenzae5.3% 25%20% 10% Mycoplasma pneumoniae3.6% Moraxella (Branhamella)-- 10%20% -- Catarrhalis Neisseria meningitidis % Mycobacterium tuberculosis1.5% Unknown43% 25%30% -- *Percentages do not add up to 100% in some cases because not all species are included. Infection *
Bacterial Meningitis in the United States in 1995 Causes of 248 Cases of Bacterial Meningitis in 1995 and Overall Case Fatality Rate According to Organism *Because of rounding, the percentages do not total The incidence is the number of cases per 100,000 population. ++Outcome data were missing for 11 cases of meningitis (4 percent). The case fatality rates are based on cases with known outcomes.
Resistance of Strep. Pneumoniae to fluoroquinolones
Aural Trauma Strep. pneumo. meningitis
Early Consolidation - alveoli with Strep. pneumoniae
Inner Zone of Advanced Consolidation (pneumococi phagocytosed)
Type Distribution of Pneumoccoccal Pneumonias in Adults and Children (Collected from various sources) Incidence (Per cent)
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus pneumoniae type 1 in alveoli clumped by antibody
Leukocyte containing opsonized pneumococci
Lung, organizing pneumonia
Lobar Pneumonia
Optochin disk, Strep. pneumoniae P = oPtochin disc