Chapter 21: Misc Bacteria of Medical Importance

Question 1

Treponema pallidum causes & whats unique?

Answer 1

Syphilis

Sexually transmitted and transplacental

Question 2

Primary syphilis forms a?

Answer 2

Chancre

Question 3

Secondary syphilis forms a?

Answer 3

rash on the skin, palms and soles with fever

Question 4

tertiary syphilis forms?

Answer 4

gammas

Question 5

Hutchinson’s teeth is a characteristic of a neonatal exposure to?

Answer 5

treponema pallidum

Question 6

Bacterial infections that causes rash?

Answer 6

Trepenema pallidum & B. Burgdorferi

Question 7

B. Burgdorferi cause & whats unique?

Answer 7

Lyme disease

Acquired by tick bites & get bulls eye rash

Question 8

Campylobacter cause & whats unique

Answer 8

gastroenteritis

heat-labile enterotoxin Camphylobacter jejuni toxin (CJT) stimulates a secretory diarrhea like that of cholera

Question 9

Helicobacter pylori cause & whats unique

Answer 9

stomach and duodenal ulcers

people with type O blood have a higher rate of ulcers

Question 10

RIckettsia rickettsii cause & unique

Answer 10

rocky mountain fever

most common infection in North America

Question 11

Chlamydia trachomatis ; what two strains can infect humans?

Answer 11

Trachoma

Lymphogranuloma vanereum