Bacteriaد.نجوى Flashcards
Spirochaetes
motile
gram negative cell wall
have a characteristic feature which is the presence of varying number of endoflagella
Spirochaetes It has two families…..
Spirochaetacea which is anaerobic and consists of Treponema and Borrelia.
Leptospiracea which is obligate aerobic spirochetes contains Leptospira.
T. pallidum subspecies pallidum cause …..
T.pallidum subspecies Pertenue cause …. .
T.pallidum subspecies carateum cause …..
T.pallidum subspecies endemicum cause …..
syphilis
Yaws
Pinta
Bejel
. T. pallidum cannot be visualized under the light microscope but its morphology and motility can be seen under …..
the dark ground or phase contrast microscope
It cannot be stained by ordinary bacterial stains, but can be stained by ……..
silver impregnation methods and Fontana’s methods.
T.pallidum leads to …. which is acquired by sexual contact
syphilis
Treponema pallidum
also can be transmitted from infected mothers to their fetuses leading to …..
miscarriage, stillbirth, or congenital syphilis.
Primary stage (primary syphilis): Spirochaetes …….Forming……..
multiply at the site of inoculation
single hard painless well circumscribed ulcer (Chancre)
Secondary stage (secondary syphilis):
spirochaetes ……..characterized by …..
reach blood stream
appearance of generalized maculopapaular skin rash on all skin surfaces
Secondary stage (secondary syphilis):
The moist lesions soft painful wart like papule on the genitalia are called ….
Condyloma lata
About one third of …..syphilis cases heal without treatmen
primary and secondary
Tertiary stage (Tertiary syphilis):
This stage affects …….. It is characterized by appearance of …….. in skin, bones, or internal organs
30% of untreated patients
chronic granuloma (Gummas)
Late cong. Syphilis: Three main manifestations can be observed which called …….. is including:………
Hutchinson’s triad
Interstitial keratitis.
Notched incisors of teeth.
Saddle nose.
Laboratory Diagnosis of spirochetes
1Morphology and staining: Treponemas are so thin that they don’t stain by ordinary stains and can be seen only by:
Dark field examination: as motile spiral.
Fontana stain: as brown spiral organisms.
Direct immunofluorescence: seen under immunofluorescence microscope will show typical shaped fluorescent spirochetes.
2Culture pathogenic treponemas can’t be grown in artificial culture media but they maintained by subculture
3Serological tests:Non treponemal antigen tests (Non specific): they are including :
1.Flocculation test
VDRL test.
RPR test.
USR test.
TRUST test.
2. Complement fixation test (Wasserman reaction):
Treponemal antibody tests (specific tests): these tests involve the use of specific treponemal antigens.
They include:
Fluorescent treponemal Antibody Absorption( FTA_ABS) Test.
Treponema pallidum haemagglutination Test (TP-HA).
T. pallidum_particle agglutination Test (TP_PA).
Enzyme immunoassay (EIA).
………tests need microscopic examination to detect flocculation, whereas the …… have added colored particle and can be read without microscope.
VDRL and USR
RPR and TRUST
Syphilis is treated with …….Nero syphilis receive high doses of …… for 10 to 14 days.
Penicillin G Penzathine.
intravenous Penicillin
NON-Venereal Treponematoses
……..
Yaws and Pinta
Borrelia causes two main disease …….
Relapsing fever and Lyme disease.
All borrelia have reservoirs host except
Borrelia recurrentis