Chapter 171 - Endemic (Nonvenereal) Treponematoses

Question 1

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Clinical Aspect of the Endemic Treponematosis

Etiology of PINTA

Answer 1

Treponema carateum

Question 2

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Etiology of YAWS

Answer 2

Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue

Question 3

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Etiology of BEJEL

Answer 3

Treponema pallidum ssp. endemicum

Question 4

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Clinical Aspect of the Endemic Treponematosis

PINTA vs YAWS vs BEJEL

Probably present focally in Brazilian and
Venezuelan green forest

Answer 4

PINTA

Question 5

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PINTA vs YAWS vs BEJEL

Tropical green forest

Answer 5

PINTA

Question 6

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PINTA vs YAWS vs BEJEL

Children and adults

Answer 6

PINTA

Question 7

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PINTA vs YAWS vs BEJEL

Primary lesion
Evident, can be multiple, several locations

Answer 7

PINTA

Question 8

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PINTA vs YAWS vs BEJEL

Predominant lesion
Vitiligo-like and hyperchromic lesions

Answer 8

PINTA

Question 9

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PINTA vs YAWS vs BEJEL

No nonskin involvement

Answer 9

PINTA

Question 10

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PINTA vs YAWS vs BEJEL

Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Ghana

Answer 10

YAWS

Question 11

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PINTA vs YAWS vs BEJEL

Tropical humid

Answer 11

YAWS

Question 12

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PINTA vs YAWS vs BEJEL

Mostly children

Answer 12

YAWS and BEJEL

Question 13

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PINTA vs YAWS vs BEJEL

Primary lesion
One to several, lower extremities

Answer 13

YAWS

Question 14

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PINTA vs YAWS vs BEJEL

Predominant lesion
Exudative, papillomatous or papulosquamous lesions

Answer 14

YAWS

Question 15

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PINTA vs YAWS vs BEJEL

Periositis, osteitis

Answer 15

YAWS and BEJEL

Question 16

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PINTA vs YAWS vs BEJEL

African Sahel and Saudi Arabia

Answer 16

BEJEL

Question 17

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PINTA vs YAWS vs BEJEL

Hot and dry climate

Answer 17

BEJEL

Question 18

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Clinical Aspect of the Endemic Treponematosis

PINTA vs YAWS vs BEJEL

Primary lesion
Rarely evident

Answer 18

BEJEL

Question 19

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PINTA vs YAWS vs BEJEL

Predominant lesion
Moist lesions near mucosal surface
or intertriginous areas

Answer 19

BEJEL

Question 20

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Clinical Aspect of the Endemic Treponematosis

Transmission of PINTA

Answer 20

Close contact

Question 21

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Clinical Aspect of the Endemic Treponematosis

Transmission of YAWS

Answer 21

Close contact

Question 22

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Clinical Aspect of the Endemic Treponematosis

Transmission of BEJEL

Answer 22

Close contact and fomites