micro 2 Flashcards

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treponema pallidum

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syphilis
aerobes, attach to endothelial cells
Primary
-infection of vessels and perivascular area
- ID50
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congenital syphilis

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spontaneous abortion
late stigmata
-hutchinson teeth: chalky, soft abnormally formed
-sabre shins

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treponememes tx

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tests
-non-treponemal agglutenation of beef- initial screen
-flourescent treponemal ABs
–false + with RA
-ABs can be detected by serology but not effective in immunity
-PCR
TX
-primary - IM of Penicillin G
–complication: Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
—mild endotoxemia:HA, fever, hypotension
-quinolones, amioglycosides, sulfa not effectivive

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Borrelia

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spirochetes, microaerophiles
relapsing fevers
Lyme disease
tx with antibiotics- Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction

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Borrelia recurrentis

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spirochete, microaerophiles
relapsing fever
louse bourne
4-10 days high fever and hypotension

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Borrelia hermsii

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spirochetes, microaerophiles
relapsing fever
tick bourne
4-10 days high fever and hypotension

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Borrelia burgdoferi

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Lyme disease
spirochetes, microaerophiles
vector deer ticks
bulls eye rash-> arthritis, myocarditis, dementia like
responds easily to antibiotics
jarisch-herxheimer reactioin
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Rickettsia rickettsii

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Rocky Mountain spotted fever
spirochetes, have LPS
zoonotic- dog and deer ticks
endemic to ozarks and appalachian mountains
target endothelial cells
utilize actin polymerization for locomotion like shigella and listeria
incubation 5-7 days
SX: fever, chills, HA, myalgia, rash starts on hands and feet (2-3 days later)
path: increase vascular permeability, hypovolemia, edema, ischemia, organ damage/failure; AB mediated immunity
TX: tetracyclines

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ricketsia akari

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spirochetes, lps
milder chicken pox disease
house mice mite vector

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Ehrlichia chaffeensis

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Human monocytic ehrlichia
small G- cocci, obligate intracellular pathogen
form vacule bound colonies-> morulae
dog and lone star ticks
natural hosts: deer, dogs, goats
5-10 days incubation
range of symptoms like RMSF without rash
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Ehrlichia equi

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Human granulocytic ehrlichia; anaplasma
G- cocci, obligate intracellular pathogen
form vacule bound colonies-> morulae
deer and dog tick vectors
5-10 days incubation
range of symptoms like RMSF without rash
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mycobacterium general

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High wax-resistant to drying
facultative intracellular pathogens of PMN/macrophages
divide 24 hours, colonies 4-6 weeks
virulence factors
-Wax D: acid fastness, adjuvant, muramyl dipleptide
-cord factor: serpentine growth; leukocyte toxicity, trehalose dimycolate
-tuberculin: Pure protein derivative (PPD)
mycobactin: Fe chelator
sulfo-glyco and sulfolipids: prevent fusion of phagosome and lysosomes

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tuberculosis disease

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Ghon complex- first complex in lung with productive cough
spreads systemically: miliary TB
-granulomas in: lymphnodes, spleen, kidneys
-“millet seed granulomas in: Liver (Low O2)
Returns to apical and subapical lungs
delayed hypersensitivity 2-3 months into infection
-cycles of productive and non-productive (more prominent) cough, fevers, cachexia, night sweats

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TB TX

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Isoniazid (INH): mycolic acid synthesis inhbitor (always used)
rifampin: RNA synthesis
cycloserine: cell wall synthesis
Ethambutol: cell wall?
ethionamide: ?
pyrazimamide: ?
rifabutin: RNA synthesis
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atypical mycobacterium

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photochormogens: M. Kanasii
-Pigmented when in light
Scotochromogens
-Always pigmented (yellow)
-increased pigment in light
-M. scrofulaceum- cervical lymphadenitis
non-pigmented
-M. avium-intracellulare: associated with HIV
Rapid growers
-M. fortuitum: hospital associated sternal infections

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M. ulcerans

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Makes non protein toxin
-> buruli ulcer
requires surgical removal
tropical disease
TX: rifampin and aminoglycosides
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M. leprae

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obligate intracellular pathogen
spectrum disease
Indeterminant
-one hyper/hypopigmented lesion without loss of sensation
tubercoid (pauci bacillary)
-multiple lesions
-peripheral nerve damage
-contained by Tdth
Lepromatous (multi bacillary) 
-no immune response
-deformity
-blindness from loss of lashes and no blinking
-localized to the surface
-contagious
-erythema nodosum leprosum (type III hypersensitivity) after ABx
-genetic susceptibility
TX: dapsoen and rifampin and clofazimine
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+RNA viruses

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Naked
-picornaviruses
-calicivirus
enveloped
-flaviviruses
-togaviruses
-coronaviruses
-retroviruses
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picornaviruses

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  1. Rhinoviruses- common cold
  2. hepatitis A- primarily GI
  3. Enteroviruses
    –poliovirus
    –coxsackie viruses
    Capsid: 3 proteins->1protomer-> 5protomers->1pentamer->12pentamers= capsid
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Rhinovirus

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picornavirus
replicates in URT- receptors ICAM or LDLr
not cytopathic in nasopharanx-> weak immune response
#1 cause of common cold

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polio virus

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picornavirus
poliomyelitis
vaccines
-salk-killed
-sabin-attenuated
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non-poli enteroviruses

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picornaviruses
enterovirus a-d
-fever, rash uri, aseptic meningitis
coxsackie A and enterovirus 71
-Hand foot and mouth disease
coxasckie B
Pleurodynia, mycarditis and pancreatitis
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hepatitis A

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picornavirus
fecal oral
very stable
Sx 4 weeks after infection (immune mediated)
-fever, N/v, diarrhea, juandice
DX: clinical picture+ high ALT+ IgM
no tx but good vaccine
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Flaviviridae

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\+RNA, enveloped icosohedral
4 genera
-flavi (arboviruses)
--St. Louis encephalitis
--West nile virus (encephalitis)
--yellow fever (hemorrhagic)
--dengue (hemorrhagic
-hepaci: hep C
-Pegi: HPgV- common commensal
-Pesti: animal viruses
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WNV
Flaviridae crow-> mosquito-> humans/horses (dead ends) encephalopathy 1% -meningitis, encephalitis, post infection tremor, others non-specific fever 21% DX: IgM elisa, pcr
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Dengue Virus
``` flaviridae Hemorrhagic dengue fever: break bone disease -rash, fever, intense muscle/joint px -masks more rare diseases in tropics Dengue hemorrhagic fever -frequently lethal -2nd dengue type cross reaction (AB dependent enhancement) ```
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Yellow fever virus
flavividae Hemorrhagic Initial phase (non-specific) -fever, HA, chills, back px, decreased appetite, N/V Toxic phase (visceral; 15%) -hemorrhagic fever, jaundice, cardiovascular shock Vaccine- live attenuated
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spirochetes
``` Related to G-, LPS endoflagella treponema-syphilis leptospira borrelia- relapsing fever and Lyme disease ```
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Hepacivirus genus
``` flaviviridae Hep C, "non a non b" hepatitis highest risk of transmission IV drug use usually chronic-> twenty years to have symptoms (cirrhosis, HCC) screening -every body 1945-1965 -if Elisa +-> RT-PCR confirmation CD8+ tcell mediated viral titer variable, AB response is slow ```
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togaviridae
``` enveloped, +RNA, icosohedral larger than flaviviridae -contrast: produce full length and subgenomic RNA alphaviurses (arboviruses) -west and east equine encephalitis --crow (amplify)-> mosquito-> humans/horses (deadend) --SX: mild fever/HA to encephalitis No TX or vaccine ```
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rubella
``` togavirus transmission: resp or intrauterine 3rd childhood exanthem SX: rash, fever, arthalgia congenital rubella -deafness, blindness, mental retardation, heart disease Vaccine: live attenuated ```
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rubella
``` togavirus transmission resp or intrauterine 3rd clinical exanthem sx: rash, fever, arthralgia congenital -death, blind, mental retardation, heart disease Vaccine-live attenuated ```
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coronavirus
enveloped, non-seg +RNA, helical usually resp track but some GI 2nd leading cause of common cold also SARS, MERS and some animal viruses
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SARS
``` coronavirus Bats->civet cats-> humans 10-20% mortality viral pneumonia -fevers, cough, sob, ha, alveolar damage -syncital formation -mixed cytololytic/immunogenic pathogenesis ```
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MERS
``` coronavirus originated in Saudi Arabia bats-> camels -> humans similar pathology to SARS vaccines in developement ```
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caliciviruses
``` naked 30 nanometer icosohedral +RNA very stable fecal oral types -norwalk and norwalk like-> noroviruses -HepE ```
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norovirus
calicivirus world wide common on cruise ships #1 case of non bacterial diarrhea
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HEV
calicivirus FO endemic in developing tropical countries acute hepatitis without chronic infection
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orthomyxoviruses
segmented -RNA (8, packed with RDRP) helical enveloped types -influenza A- variable -influenza B- not variable -influenza C- mild uri important structure -HA: hemaglutinin (16 serotypes)-VAP, must be cleaved by serine protease -NA: neuraminidase: (9 serotypes), required for cleaving sialic acid for exiting M1: matrix M2: ion channel; escape endosome by acidification
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paramyxoviruses
``` enveloped, helical, -RNA similar life cycle to orthomyxovirues -differences --replication in cytoplasm --doesn't steal caps from mRNA types -mumps -measles -parainfluenza -respiratory syncitial virus -metapneumovirus ```
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mumps
``` paramyxovirus path -parotitis, -neck swelling -orchitis-> sterility -40% symptomatic ```
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measles
``` paramyxovirus rubeola (1st childhood exanthem) path -first koplik spots (buccal)- prodrome -high fever -pneumonia -possible encephalitis --infection of neurons --immune mediated post infection encephalitis --subacute sclerosing pan-encephalitis major killer of infants and toddlers in africa ```
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parainfluenza
``` paramyxovirus (1-4) -type 4 > mild uri -1-3 > severe resp infection-> immunity short lived --87% of croup no tx or vaccine ```
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respiratory syncitial virus
``` paramyxovirus leading cause of bronchiolitis -LRT infection -syncitial cells cause airway plugging pneumonia possible encephalitis no long term immunity winter infection tx: ribavirin- not very effective; IVIG ```
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metapneumovirus
paramyxovirus recently indentifed/ not growable associated with bronchiolitis 15% common cold in children
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Rhabdoviridae
``` Rabies virus enveloped, helical, bullet shaped, -RNA zoonosis: mostly bats -bites and aerosol replicates in muscle, slow progression to clinical symptoms Pathology-negri bodies post exposure tx -clean, passive immunity, vaccine ```
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bunyaviruses
``` enveloped -RNA, segemented (3) helical Hantaviruses -sin nombre and snl viruses --murin vector (deer mice and other rodents) --pan american zoonosis --aerosolization of excreta -La crosse virus --arboviruse --small rodent>mosquito> humans (dead end) --encephalitis (2nd leading cause of arbo encephalitis, 1st WNV) -other bunyaviruses --California encephalitis --rift valley fever virus --crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus ```
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Reoviridae
``` naked, icosohedral, dsRNA, segmented world wide spread FO members -reoviruses -rotaviruses --#1 cause of sever GE in children world wide (mortality) --disrupt epithelium --2 vaccines: 3 doses 6 to 32 months ```
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herpes
``` Large dsDNA icosohedral, enveloped eight types Alpha- blister -HSV-1 -HSV-2 -VSV (HHV-3) Beta mono herpes -HCMV (HHV-5) -HHV-6 -HHV-7 Gamma -EBV (HHV-4) -KSHV (HHV-8) ```
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HSV-1
``` herpes virus common world wide, close contact spread symptomatic and asymptomatic shed infection site -initial: mucocutaneous surfaces> cytopathic -spread to sensory nerves (trigeminal ganglion) --reactivation damage T cell mediated primary infection sites -primary gingivostomatitis -ocular herps -herpetic whitlow-fingers -genital herps dx -multinucleated giant cells and inclusion bodies TX acyclovir and foscarnet ```
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HSV-2
herpes virus less prevalent than HSV-1 (more in women) but more severe usually spread sexually, frequently unkown latent in spinal ganglia primary disease -asymptomatic -genital herps -neonatal herps (mostly HSV-2) -primary gingivostomatitis (mostly HSV-1) tx same as HSV-1
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VSV
herpes virus resp spread, no asymptomatic shedding pathogenesis -primary infectionreplication in macrophages and pneumocytes -traffics through lungs to other organs -week 2 skin lesions -infection spread by cough and sneeze -latency> ascends neurons to sensory ganglia zoster reactivation -follows dermatomes, may cause post herpetic neuralgia vaccine-live attenuated TX> IVIG, nucleoside analogs (acyclovir like)
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eptstein barr virus (HHV-4)
herpes gamma ubuiuitous, rate of acquisition depends on demographics close contact-kissing symptomatic and asymptomatic shed pathogenesis -primary in oropharanx-lytic -spreads to circulating B cells -swollen nodes and spleen -productive replication in B cells -latency also occurs --reactivation> reinfection of oropharanx for shed -B cell controlled by CD8 T cells initial SX: fever, pharyngitis, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly Cancers -B cell lymphoma, african burkett's lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carc
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CMV
Beta herpes virus world wide; acquisition rates depends on demographics close contact, sex symptomatic and asymptomatic shed -saliva, urine, cervical fluid, semen, milk primary -mono syndrome- like EBV c more visceral adenopathy congenital -most common infectious cause of birth defects -deaf, vision impair, developmental abnorm -passed through placenta TX- canciclovir, foscarnet
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HHV-6
``` Beta herpes nearly ubiquitous, close contact asymptomatic and symptomatic shed pathogenesis -spread by saliva -latency in T cells, monocytes and macrophages disease: exanthem subitum- roseola, fever no vaccine TX: camciclovir ```
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HHV7
beta herpes rarely associated with disease spread like HHV6 can cause roseola
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HHV-8/Kaposi sarcoma virus
``` gamma herpes Low prevalence, sexual spread symptomatic and asymptomatic shed common in aids Path -infects B cells, endothelium, monocytes and sensory nerves -latency in B cells -shed in saliva and semen Immune suppressed -endothelial tumors -castlemens's disease -1degree effusion lymphoma TX- underlying immune deficiency ```
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Poxviruses
larges viruses, enveloped, complex, linear DNA life cycle -makes all enzymes necessary for DNA and RNA replication in the cytoplasm types -orthopox-small, cow, monkey pox, vaccina -parapox-orf-goats -yatapox -moluscum contagiosum- direct or fomite
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polyomaviruses
``` small, naked, circular dsDNA life cycle -replicate in nucleus -early and late transcripts ubiquitous resp spread systemic-kidneys, cns, bm reactivate with immunosuppression -BK: urinary tract disease -JK: progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy --white matter disease with no inflamation No Tx New discovered -KI and WU: resp disease -Merkel cell virus- merkel cell carcinoma ```
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papilomavirus
icosohedral, DNA virus E7 blocks RB E6 blocks p53
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adenovirus
``` naked icosohedral linear dsDNA interacts with CAR receptor life cycle -nuclear replication, host RNA machinery -viral DNA via DDDP -lytic egress infects FO or resp route -conjunctiva, nose, mouth, RT, GI path- intranuclear inclusions no tx of vaccine ```
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Parvoviruses
``` Fifths disease, B19 smallest DNA virus, naked, icosohedral ssDNA hairpin loops serve as privers for DDDP replicates in nucleus (host DNA and RNA machinery) primary infection cytopathic second phase type III rash and arthritis -lingering arthritis in adults -aplastic anemia with preexisting RBC disorder (sickle cell) congenital -hydrops fetalis -fetal loss -fetal anemia no vaccine, maybe IVIG ```
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6 childhood exanthems
1. measles- vacc 2. scarlet fever- GAS- no vacc 3. VZV- vacc 4. rubella, german measles- vacc 5. parvovirus no vacc 6. HHV6-roseola no vacc
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primary syphalis
Non tender chancre
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secondary syphylis
systemic fever, sore throat, lymphadenopathy, HA rash on palms and soles possible nephrotic syndrome (type III hypersenitivity) -nephritis, arthritis, arthralgia condylomata lata
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tertiary syphilis
after latency period - 4 years: late latency gummas: nonprogressive granulomatous dermal lesions 20% neurosyphilis: paralytic dementia, AML like disease, meningitis, seizure, optic atrophy 7% great vessel aneurysms: 10%