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Exam 3 Spirochetes Flashcards

1
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Spirochetes are structurually ___ like, but are not visualized by ____

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Gram-negative like; Gram stain

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Spirochetes should be visualized using:

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  • dark field microscopy
  • silver stain
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3
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Spirochetes are shaped like a:

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Corkscrew

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Spirochete movement

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Rotation locomotion via endoflagellum that wraps around the cell

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Treponema is aerobic or anaerobic?

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Anaerobic

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6
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Disease caused by Treponema

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Syphilis

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Oral treponemes are implicated in:

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  • periodontal disease
  • acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (ANUG)
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ANUG stands for

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Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis

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9
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___ is vector borne

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Borrelia

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10
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Leptospira is aerobic or anaerobic?

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Aerobic

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11
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Relapsing fever and Lyme disease are caused by what species?

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Borrelia

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12
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Third most common bacterial STD

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Syphilis

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13
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What group of people have the highest rates of syphilis cases?

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  • American Indian or Alaska native
  • Black/African American
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___ account for the most cases of syphilis

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Men

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15
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Vast majority of syphilis cases occur among:

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Men who have sex with men (MSM)

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16
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Syphilis often occurs in patients with ____; important facilitator of ____

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other STDs; HIV

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17
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Treponema pallidum looks like:

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long, thin, spiral

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18
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True or false: Treponema pallidum can be cultured on medium

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False - limited growth in tissue culture, rapidly dies on drying

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19
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Treponema pallidum has limited ____ capacity; it is an _____

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metabolic (missing TCA cycle); obligate internal parasite

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20
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Treponema pallidum lack what two virulence factors?

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  • no catalase
  • no superoxide dismutase
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Treponema pallidum virulence factors

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  • immune avoidance (few surface antigens)
  • surface adhesins to bind fibronectin
  • hyaluronidase facilitates infiltration
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22
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Syphilis - modes of transmission

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  • Sexual contact
  • Transplacental
  • Close contact with active lesion (also perinatal)
  • Blood transfusion
  • Accidental direct inoculation
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23
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Patient with syphilis is most infectious during:

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Early disease stages

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24
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Syphilis patient is considered not infectious after ____ years due to ____

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4; low bacterial load

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What are the clinical stages of syphilis?

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  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  3. Latent
  4. Tertiary
  5. Congenital
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What happens during primary syphilis?

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  • primary lesion formed is a chancre
  • infiltrated with lymphocytes and plasma cells
  • heals after 14 days
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27
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The chancre formed during primary syphilis is:

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  • painless
  • highly infectious
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28
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How long are you seropositive for syphilis once contracted?

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For life

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29
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Primary syphilis incubation period

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3-4 weeks

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30
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Where can primary syphilis chancres occur?

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  • lip
  • tongue
  • on hand (infected cut)
  • genitals
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31
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A high increase of plasma cells in tissues, exudates, or blood is indicative of:

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Some kind of infection (could be syphilis)

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32
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When does secondary syphilis occur?

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2-10 weeks after primary syphilis

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33
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Secondary syphilis occurs in ____ of those with untreated primary syphilis

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25%

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34
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What happens during secondary syphilis?

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  • Wide dissemination of T. pallidum (highly infectious)
  • causes skin rashes, mucous patches, condylomata lata
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35
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Condylomata lata

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Wart-like growths

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36
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Syphilis skin rashes are:

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  • widespread (palms, soles)
  • macular/papular
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37
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Secondary syphilis mucous patches can occur on:

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  • tonsil
  • soft palate
  • palms and soles
  • scalp (alopecia)
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38
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Latent syphilis is characterized as being:

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Seropositive with no symptoms

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39
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Latent syphilis occurs in ____ of patients with untreated secondary syphilis

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15%

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40
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How long can latent syphilis last?

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Several years to decades

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41
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____ is more infectious than late latent stage, including transmission to fetus

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Early latent

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42
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Those with HIV experience ____ if they have syphilis

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Shortened latency

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43
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Tertiary syphilis is not common anymore due to _____

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Antibiotics

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44
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In the beginning of a syphilis infection, bacterial load is ____. Towards the end of the infection (tertiary syphilis), bacterial load is ___

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high; low

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45
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Tertiary syphilis occurs ____ after the primary infection

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Several months to 30 years

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46
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In _____ syphilis, 50% develop gumma

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Tertiary

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47
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Is gumma contagious?

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No

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48
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Gumma is highly ____ but often painless

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Destructive

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49
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What does a gumma look like?

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  • white-grey
  • rubbery
  • single or multiple
  • tiny to tumor like sizes
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50
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Tertiary syphilis is associated with ____ involvement. Organisms ____

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Multisystem; spread to other body parts

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51
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Where can a gumma occur?

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  • skin
  • oral cavity
  • bone
  • joints
  • cardiovascular system
  • nervous system

can occur in most organs

52
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A ____ is a soft tumor-like inflammation

53
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A gumma in the oral cavity can lead to:

A

Perforated palate (can bore holes in the tissue)

54
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Gumma in the joints can lead to:

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Charcot’s joints (neuropathic)

55
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Gumma in the cardiovascular system can lead to:

A

Aortic aneurism (abnormal bulge that occurs in the wall of the aorta)

caused by syphilitic aortitis

56
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_____ can lead to collapse of midfoot arch

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Charcot’s foot (joint) - tertiary syphilis

57
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Aortic aneurism (definition)

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Abnormal bulge that occurs in the wall of the aorta

58
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When does neurosyphilis occur?

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At any stage of syphilis

59
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True or false: neurosyphilis is symptomatic

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False - can be asymptomatic

60
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Early neurosyphilis occurs:

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A few months to a few years after infection

61
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Acute syphilitic meningitis and ocular involvement occur during what stage of neurosyphilis?

A

Early neurosyphilis

62
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Late neurosyphilis occurs during what stage of syphilis?

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Tertiary syphilis

63
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Late neurosyphilis can lead to:

A
  • general paresis
  • tabes dorsalis
64
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General paresis

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Brain cortex degeneration

65
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Tabes dorsalis

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  • damage to dorsal root ganglia
  • ataxia, wide based gait, foot slap
  • loss of sensation
66
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Ataxia

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without coordination (tabes dorsalis, late neurosyphilis)

67
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Recently, syphilis cases have been:

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Increasing

68
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Those who use ____ are at higher risk of contracting syphilis

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Methamphetamine; injection drugs

69
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Congenital syphilis cases must be reported within:

70
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40% of syphilis pregnancies result in:

A
  • miscarriage
  • stillbirth
  • infant death
71
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If a baby survives with congenital syphilis, they may develop:

A
  • developmental delays, seizures (due to meningitis)
  • craniofacial anomalies
72
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A newborn with congenital syphilis is:

A

Infectious (fluid is contagious - syphilistic rhinitis snuffles)

73
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How is congenital syphilis prevented?

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Antibiotic treatment of mother

74
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What craniofacial anomalies can result from congenital syphilis?

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  • Hutchinson’s teeth
  • Mulberry (Moon’s) molars
  • mucous patches
  • perforated palate
  • saddle nose
  • keratitis
75
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Hutchinson’s teeth affects:

A

Permanent incisors

76
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Describe Hutchinson’s teeth phenotype

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  • incisor crown wider in cervical portion than incisal edge
  • incisal edge has crescent shaped notch
  • incisors can also have triangular shaped deformity
77
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Mulberry (Moon’s) molars can affect:

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First permanent molars

78
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What do Mulberry molars look like?

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Occlusal surface is composed of an aggregate of enamel nodules

79
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Syphilis diagnosis involves:

A

2-tiered serology: non-treponemal and treponemal

80
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Non-treponemal serology is ____ to treponemes

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Non-specific

81
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Non-treponemal serology tests for:

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  • cellular damage
  • antibodies to cardiolipin
82
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Examples of non-treponemal tests

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  • Wassermann test
  • VDRL (Venereal disease research laboratory)
  • RPR (rapid plasma reagin)
83
Q

Wassermann test tests for

A

Complement fixation

84
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VDRL tests for:

A

Neurosyphilis in CSF

85
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Non-treponemal serology can show _____ for other diseases

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False positive results

86
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Which non-treponemal serology tests are agglutination assays?

87
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For RPR, mix ____ with patient’s blood. They will agglutinate bith blood ____

A

cardiolipin antigen; Reagin (antibodies to materials released by damaged cells)

88
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Treponemal serology is for

A

Syphilis disease confirmation

89
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Treponemal tests (Identification of T. pallidum)

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  • PCR
  • FTA-ABS (fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption)
  • TPPA (Treponema pallidum particle agglutination)
  • MHA-TP (micro hemagglutination to T. pallidum)
90
Q

TPPA allows for clotting of:

91
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Treponemal serology - Antibodies in spinal fluid is highly suggestive of:

A

Active neurosyphilis

92
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2-tiered syphilis testing - which test is first?

A

Either can be first (non-treponemal or treponemal)

93
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If non-treponemal test is first:

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  • RPR or VDRL first
  • then confirmatory TT (TPHA or TPPA)
94
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2 tiered syphilis testing - it is less expensive but has high rates of false negatives to do which test first?

A

Non-treponemal

95
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When first test is treponemal test:

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  • first TT immunoassay
  • then NTT (RPR or VDRL) if there is previous history of treatment
96
Q

Syphilis DOC

A

Penicillin - single dose intramuscular

97
Q

Treatment of late latent syphilis or latent syphilis of unknown duration; or pregnant women

A

Three doses of penicillin recommended

98
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Possible complication of Syphilis antibiotics therapy

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Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction - similar to endotoxic shock; Allergic reaction from rapid release of treponemal antigen from cell wall

99
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All patients with syphilis must be tested for

100
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Other treponemes

A
  • Yaws (skin disease in Africa)
  • Pinta (skin disease in South america)
  • Normal oral flora (Treponema denticola): associated with periodontal disease, ANUG
101
Q

Borrelia is ___ than treponemes

102
Q

Some Borrelia sp are visualized by:

A

Giemsa staining

103
Q

What causes Lyme disease?

A

Borrelia burgdorferi

104
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Borrelia species that causes epidemic relapsing fever

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Borrelia recurrentis

105
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What is relapsing fever?

A
  • febrile illness that goes away and comes back
106
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Borrelia hermsii is endemic in:

A

Western US

tick vector, rodent reservoir

107
Q

Borrelia miyamotoi is endemic in

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NE uS

deer tick vector, rodent reservoir

108
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Relapsing fever DOC

A

Tetracyclines

109
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B. burgdorferi reservoir

A

White tailed deer

110
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B. burgdorferi vector

A

Tick (can transfer pathogen to others)

Eastern US - Ixodid deer tick
Western US - black legged ticks

111
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Is the nymph or adult tick responsible for majority of Lyme disease cases?

112
Q

Early infection of lyme disease involves localized ____

A

Erythema migrans (bulls eye rash)

113
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Patients with untreated Lyme disease can progress to early disseminated stage, which involves:

A

arthritis, neurologic manifestations (Bell’s palsy), cardiac dysfunction

114
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Late Lyme disease involves:

A
  • arthritis
  • chronic skin involvement
  • carditis
115
Q

Muscle weakness on one side can be due to

A

Bell’s palsy caused by untreated Lyme disease

116
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Lyme disease - what does rash look like

117
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Diagnosis of Lyme Disease

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Serology 2-tiered

  1. ELISA or immunofluorescence
  2. Western blot to confirm
118
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Early stage Lyme disease treatment

A

Tetracycline

119
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Disseminated/late stage Lyme disease treatment

A

IV ceftriaxone

120
Q

Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans

A

Skin rash/fibrosis that can occur during late disseminated Lyme disease

121
Q

Leptospira interrogans is a:

A

Human pathogen

122
Q

Leptospira sp. is an ____ spirochete with ____

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aerobic; hooked ends

123
Q

Leptospira interrogans causes what disease

A

Leptospirosis

124
Q

Tx for Leptospirosis

A

Doxycycline

125
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How can you get infected by Leptospira?

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  • Rodent urine can contaminate water/soil/food and becomes more of an issue after natural disaster
  • infects eyes, ingestion, wound contamination

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