CHAPTER 28: Spiral Bacteria Flashcards
Stages of Syphilis
- 1° – Painless ulcer (chancre)
- 2° – Rash, lymphadenopathy
- 3° – Aortic aneurysm, Tabes dorsalis, General paralysis
______________ is an expanding rash often seen in the early stage of Lyme disease, and can also (but less commonly) be caused by southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI). It can appear anywhere from one day to one month after a tick bite.
Erythema chronicum migrans
Second phase of Leptospirosis includes
Fever
Uveitis
Aseptic meningitis
Medications necessary to commence early to address Leptospirosis
Penicillin
Doxycycline
_______ is an effective prophylactic agent if exposure
to Leptospirosis infection is likely to have occurred
Doxycycline
Humans are the only host of louse-borne relapsing fever caused by _______
Borrelia recurrentis
Borrelia infection mortality
> Louse-borne relapsing fever
> Tick-borne disease
40%
5%
Borrelia species transmitted by Ixodes ticks and cause Lyme disease
Borrelia burgdorferi, B. afzelii and B. garinii
___________ is an uncommon skin condition affecting distal parts of the limbs. It is caused by chronic borrelial infection. It is the most common manifestation of the late stage of Lyme disease.
Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA)
Organism that causes syphilis, which may be transmitted sexually or congenitally
Treponema pallidum
Treponema pallidum:
__________: yaws ; ___________: pinta
Pertenue
Carateum
Painless ulcer with a rubbery edge and regional
lymphadenopathy in first stage syphillis
Primary chancre
Stage of syphilis: acute febrile illness with a generalized non-itchy scaling rash that typically involves the palms, associated with lymphadenopathy
Secondary
The characteristic syphilitic lesions (________), which consist of necrosis and obliterative endarteritis with fibroblastic proliferation and lymphocyte infiltration.
Gummas
An acute febrile response (the ____________) may develop in some patients after the first dose of antibiotics for syphilis
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
