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25b Spirochetes Flashcards

1
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What is the gram status of spirochetes?

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Gram -

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What is the shape and motility of Spirochetes?

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Elongated, Motile, Spiral Shaped

Posses flagellum

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What are the flagellum of Spirochetes like?

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Axial filament or Internal flagellum (inside the periplasm)

Spirally wound around the cell and anchored through hook-like bases at the two poles of the cells

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How do spirochetes multiply?

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Binary fission

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What are the three major groups of Spirochetes?

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Treponema
Borrelia
Leptospira

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What illnesses are associated with…
Treponema
Borrelia
Leptospira

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T: causes syphilis, yaws, pinta, as well as normal flora in mouth, intestine, and genitalia
B: Lyme disease
L: lepotspirosis

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What are the difficulties in staining Treponema pallidum?

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Gram - anaerobe
But too thin for a microscope to see
Can be made visible through special techniques (listed next)

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What special techniqes can make staining for Treponema pallidum possible?

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“Darkfield” microscopy (stain slide, not bacteria. Bacteria glow)
Immunofluorescence
Deposition of silver salts on bacterial surface
Electron microscopy

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Describe the difficulties with creating live cultures of Treponema pallidum.
What is the benefit of this quality with regard to blood donation?

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Cannot be grown in culture
Can be kept motile for several days in anaerobic albumin serum
If blood stores are maintained for more than a week, all Treponema die
Can be stored at -80 degrees Celsius
Injected and cultured in Rabbit testicles.

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How are Treponema killed?

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Killed easily by heat, drying, soap, and water.

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How can Treponema be perpetuated for study?

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Can be stored at -80 degrees Celsius
Injected and cultured in Rabbit testicles.
Say what?

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What are the modes of transmission of Treponema pallidum?

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Transmisible within 4 years of initial infection
Transmitted via genitalia and mucous membranes
Mother to fetus
Blood transfusion of very fresh blood (< 1 week)
Very rarely to healthcare providers with cuts and needles

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What is the pathogenic steps of illness with Treponema pallidum?
Note: Don’t know the time periods. They vary too much.

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Incubation
Primary Lesion (Chancre)
Secondary Lesions (desseminated)
Tertiary Lesions (nervous system and heart)
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What is the incubation period for Treponema pallidum?

What are symptoms?

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2-6 weeks
Assymptomatic
Bacterial replication at site of entry and elsewhere

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When and where does Primary Lesion aka Chancre sore develop from Treponema?
How does the Chancre sore heal?

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1-4 weeks after infection
Genitalia and focal lymphadenopathy
Heals spontaneously in 1-5 weeks after appearance (so some people don’t get treated. Bad idea.)

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What’s the difference between chancre and chancroid?

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syphilus - CHANCRE
H. ducreyi - CHANCROID

See slide 15.

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When and where do Secondary Lesions from Treponema develop?

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Skin rash or mucosal lesions (these are infectious)
Secondary lesions are now on upper body, flanks, face, palms, soles (primary was on the mouth or genitalia)
2-20 weeks after primary lesion appears

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What are accompanying symptoms to the secondary lesions from Treponema?

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Arthritis
Renal dysfunction
Mucosal lesions are highly infectious

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When and where do tertiary lesions from Treponema develop?
What do the lesions look like?
What is the damage do to?

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Many years after initial infection. Devastating illness at this stage.
CNS and Aortic Valve
Have “rubbery” consistency and is called a “gumma”
Type 4 Hypersensitivity
Affects personality and aggression.
These occur years later.

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What is Dx of Treponema pallidum?

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Hx of exposure
Demonstrate organisms in open lesion via darkfield examination of exudate
Serology (positive in later primary stage) via Wassermann Antibody test or modern “specific and non-specific” tests (discussed next)

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What is Wassermann Antibody test?

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Wassermann antibody reacts with specific syphilis lipid: diphosphatidylglycerol aka cardiolipin to which is added lecithin and cholesterol

Complement fixed in reaction and degree of fixation is measured.

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What is Wassermann Antibody Test (wiki answer)?

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A sample of blood or cerebrospinal fluid is taken and introduced to the antigen - cardiolipin extracted from bovine muscle or heart. Syphilis non-specific antibodies (reagin, see RPR) react with the lipid - the Wassermann reaction of antiphospholipid antibodies (APAs). The intensity of the reaction (1, 2, 3, or 4) indicates the severity of the condition.

To execute the test we need to prepare two different test tubes; in the first tube:

1) we put the serum of the patient, and we heat it to 56°C for 20 minutes (this to eliminate the complement of our patient)
2) we insert the cardiolipin, our antigen
3) we insert fresh rabbit serum (that contain a determined quantity of complement; in this way we can measure exactly the quantity of complement in the test tube)
4) we insert a detector system, composed of mutton blood cells and anti-blood cells antibodies.

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What are “non-specific” tests used for Trepomena pallidum (2)?
These tests are done 1st.
SEE SLIDE 33 FOR Dx TEST FLOW CHART.

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1) VDRL Veneral Disease Research Laboratory test
- —-Flocculation test (clumping on a side) with Cardiolipin
2) Rapid Plasma Reagin
- —-Antigen is absorbed to carbon particles making clumping easier to see

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What are “specific tests” used for Treponema pallidum (4)?
These tests are done 2nd.
Both specific and non-specific tests are done. Difficult to Dx. Important to get correct.

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FTA-ABS (Flourescent Treponemal Antibody Absorption)
Micro-hemagglutination
ELISA
TPI (Treponema Pallidum Immobilization)

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What is the FTA-ABS (Flourescent Treponemal Antibody Absorption)?

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Patient’s serum is absorbed with non-pathogenic Treponemas to remove the non-specific antibodies
Serum is then added to a slide with Treponema pallidum&raquo_space; washed and made visible via flourescent antibody

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What is Micro-hemagglutination test for Treponema pallidum?

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Uses RBCs coated with Treponema pallidum antigen and serum from the patient

27
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What is TPI Treponema pallidum immobilization test?

When is TPI used and why?

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Antibody from patient reacts directly in the presence of complement with living Treponema pallidum causing organism to lose motility

Difficult, but precise test.
Used if “false positive” is suspected.

28
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When do False Postitives occur in syphilis?

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Infectious Mononucleosis and Malaria can produce a False Positive test in Trepomena pallidum (syphilis)

29
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What test produces more False Positives and False Negatives?

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More False + and False - with VDRL test

The FTA-ABS is more accurate.

30
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Why isn’t PCR used for syphilis?

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DNA primers haven’t been made yet.

31
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What is Tx for syphilis Treponema pallidum?

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PENICILLIN (no resistance yet!)

also: tetracyclin and erythromycin

32
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Are there vaccines for syphilis?

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Nope. Difficult to culture and study in a lab.

33
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Aside from syphilis, what other illnesses are caused by Treponema?
NO EXAM QUESTIONS ON THESE.

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Yaws
Bejel
Pinta

34
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What is Yaws?
What species of Treponema?
Is it sexually transmitted?
Is it mother-fetus transmitted?
How does it affect syphilis Dx tests?
What is its physical exam Dx syptom?
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Yaws is a tropical disease caused by Treponema pertenue
Non-venereal transmission through open sores of skin
Not transmitted mother-fetus
Yaws gives false positive to syphilis
“Yaws” means raspberry and the primary lesion looks like a raspberry

35
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What is Bejel?
What is the species and subspecies that causes Bejel?
What demographic is affected (age and country)?
Is it sexually transmitted?
What is Tx for Bejel?

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Treponema pallidum subspecies: ENDEMICUM
Disease in children in Syria
Not sexually transmitted
PENICILLIN

36
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What is Pinta...
What species causes Pinta?
What countries is Pinta common?
How serious is Pinta?
What are symptoms of Pinta?
What is Tx for Pinta?
A 
Treponema carateum
Central and South America
Rarely serious
Flat, non-ulcerating skin lesions of hands, feet, and scalp that heal spontaneously, but leave pink areas.
PENICILLIN
37
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What are two common illnesses caused by Borrelia?

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Relapsing fever

Lyme disease

38
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What species cause Relapsing fever?

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Borrelia recurrentis

Borrelia hernsii

39
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What medium is required to grow Borrelia recurrentis and Borrelia hernsii (Relapsing fever)?

A

Chick embryo.

40
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Where is BORRELIA HERNSII endemic?
What is the cycle of transmission and natural hosts?

Where is BORRELIA RECURRENTIS epidemic?
What is the cycle of transmission and natural hosts?

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H: Endemic in western U.S.
Rodents to ticks to humans; Rodents are natural habitat

Epidemic outside of U.S.
Human to human via body lice

41
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What is the course of disease in Relapsing Fever from Borrelia recurrentis and Borrelia hernsii?

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Fever 4-5 days
No fever 7-10 days
Repeat fever and no fever for 3 to 10 cycles

42
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What causes the Relapsing Fever from Borrelia recurrentis and hernsii?

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Variable membrane proteins coded on a linear plasmid

Antigenic variation on surface proteins

43
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What is Dx of Relapsing Fever?

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Clinical symptoms
Wright’s Stain: stained blood smear
Dark field microscopy
May need to inject blood into a mouse and examine the mouse blood

44
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What is Tx for Borrelia recurrentis and Borrelia hernsii (Relapsing Fever)?
What is the Tx for pregnant women or children?

A

Penicillin or Tetracycline

Penicillin or Erythromycin

45
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What species causes Lyme Disease?

Note: Most common tick-borne disease in U.S.

A

Borrelia burgdorferi

46
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What is the cycle of transmission of Lyme disease?

What is the major reservior?

A

White-footed mouse&raquo_space; deer tick&raquo_space; humans

White footed mouse

47
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What types and how many plasmids does virulent Borrelia burgdorferi carry?

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7 linear
2 circular plasmids
Hyperchanging organism.

48
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What are the three stages of Lyme?

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1) Bull’s eye rash 3 to 14 days after tick bite, fever, headache, stiff neck, malaise
2) Neurologic and cardiac symptoms months to years later
3) Arthritis months to years later

49
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What is Dx of Lyme?

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Symptoms
Bull’s eye rash (erythema migrans)
ELISA
PCR, too

50
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What is Tx fore Lyme?

What is Tx for Lyme in children?

A

Tetracyclines
Ampicillin

Other drugs used for advanced stage:
IV Cephalosporins (Rocephin) and Azithromycin
51
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What is genotype that doesn’t response well to Tetracycline Tx?

A

HLA-DR4

52
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Is there a vaccine for Lyme?

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There was. It is no longer available. Why?

53
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What is unique about Borrelia burgdorferi and iron compared to other bacteria?

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Unique non-requirement for iron

Instead uses MANGANESE-dependent enzymes and metabolic pathways

54
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What is Leptospira…
What animals?
What is mode of transmission?

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Rats, dogs, and other animals
Infected urine transmitted through skin and uppler alimentary mucosa
NOT arthropod-borne

55
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Who is at risk for contractign Leptospira?

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Sewage workers
Slaughter house workers
Rat infested areas

56
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What is the pathogenesis of Leptospira?

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Enters blood&raquo_space; invades various tissues&raquo_space; targets Kidneys, Liver, Meninges, and conjunctiva

57
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What are Symptoms and Syndromes of Leptospira?

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Symptoms:
Myalgia, headache, photophobia, fever, chills (lasts for weeks)

Syndromes:
Nephritis
Jaundice&raquo_space; WEIL’S DISEASE by one serotype of Leptospira&raquo_space; leads to hepatic injury, renal failure, and fatality 25%
Meningitis

58
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What is Dx of Leptospira?

A

Culture and serotype

59
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What is Tx of Leptospira?

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Penicillin
Erythromycin
Tetracyclines

60
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Is there a vaccine for Leptospira?

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No.

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