M5 PART 9 Flashcards
- Long, slender, helically coiled, spiral, or corkscrew-shaped bacilli.
- Has an outer sheath or glycosaminoglycan coating
- Outer membrane which has peptidoglycan
- Endoflagella (axial filaments) for corkscrew-like motility
- An inner cytoplasmic membrane
- A series of cytoplasmic tubules (body fibrils)
SPIROCHETES
SPIROCHETES
shape
helically coiled
spiral
corkscrew-shaped
SPIROCHETES
has an outher sheath or ____
glycosaminoglycan coating
SPIROCHETES
outer membrane has ____
peptidoglycan
SPIROCHETES
endoflagella for ____ motility
corkscrew-like motility
- Slender spirals measuring about 0.2 µm in width and 5-15 um in length
- They are not readily seen using an ordinary compound microscope
- Stained by a silver impregnation method
- Cannot be cultivated using artificial media
- Rapidly immobilized and killed by trivalent arsenical, mercury, and bismuth
- Cardiolipin is an important component of the treponemal antigens
- Prepared using the modified Steiner silver stain method
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM
Stained by a ____
SILVER IMPREGNATION MEETHOD
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM
Rapidly immobilized and killed by
TRIVALENT ARSENICAL
MERCURY
BISMUTH
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM
an important component of the treponemal antigens
CARDIOLIPIN
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM
prepared using the modified ____
STEINER SILVER STAIN METHOD
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM | SEROLOGIC TESTS
- Detects “reagin,” a non-specific antibody-like substance released during T. pallidum infections
- Universally used because it is rapid and inexpensive
- Disadvantage: False-positive results can occur with many other diseases (the test is non-specific)
- Results: (+) – develop 2 – 3 weeks after untreated infection, (-) – develop 6 – 18 months, 3 years after effective treatment
NONTREPONEMAL TESTS
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM | SEROLOGIC TESTS
mixture of IgG and IgM antibody
REAGIN
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM | SEROLOGIC TESTS
- specific
- Measure antibodies against T. pallidumantigens;
- Disadvantage: expensive and complicated
- The test remains positive for life even after the treatment is done.
TREPONEMAL ANTIBODY TESTS
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM | NONTREPONEMAL TESTS
- antigen with cardiolipin, cholesterol, & lecithin + antibody (comes from the patient) → flocculation, the antigen is made to react with an antibody with a serum or the CSF sample of the patient with the antibody to form a flocculation
- microscopic
Venereal Disease Research Laboratory [VDRL]
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM | NONTREPONEMAL TESTS
- macroscopic
- flocculation, antigen has charcoal
- modified version of the VDRL
Rapid Plasma Reagin [RPR]
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM | TREPONEMAL TESTS
most widely used; T. pallidum antigen with gelatin + antibodies → agglutination
T. pallidum-particle agglutination (TP-PA) test
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM | TREPONEMAL TESTS
- These two methods use sheep erythrocytes or sheep blood cells
- The RBCs are coated with treponemal antigen and they are made to react with the antibodies from the patient
T. pallidum hemagglutination (TPHA)
Microhemagglutination T. pallidum (MHA-TP)
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM | TREPONEMAL TESTS
the test uses indirect immunofluorescence to detect reactive antibodies, including killed T. pallidum and the patient’s serum
Fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed (FTA-ABS)
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM | PATHOGENESIS & CLINICAL FINDINGS
disease
syphilis
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM | PATHOGENESIS & CLINICAL FINDINGS
transmission
sexually transmitted
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM | PATHOGENESIS & CLINICAL FINDINGS
- Presents with “hard chancre,” painless
- Infectious
PRIMARY SYPHILIS
TREPONEMA PALLIDUM | PATHOGENESIS & CLINICAL FINDINGS
- Consist of a red maculopapular rash anywhere on the body (usually in palm & soles)
- Moist, pale papules in the anogenital region, axillae, and mouth (condylomata lata)
- Low grade fever and general malaise accompanied
- Infectious
- There are only few diseases that can present as rashes on the palm and soles
SECONDARY SYPHILIS