Spirochete - Myco Viro Flashcards
Partially Acid-fast Bacteria
Nocardia: Aerobic
Gordonia
Rhodococcus
Tsukamurella
Aerial Hyphae in Tap Water Agar
Nocardia
Nocardiopsis
Streptomyces
anaerobic; agent of Lumpy Jaw/Actinomycosis
causes suppurative granulomatous disease
Actinomyces israelli
Colonies of A. israelli
Molar tooth
primary pulmonary infection resembling TB
N. farcinica & N. cyriacigeorgica
actinomycotic mycetoma
N. brasiliensis
Spirochete
Loosely and helically coiled; longest bacteria
Borrelia
mode of transmission of Borrelia
bite of an infected vector (lice and ticks)
Agent of Louse-born relapsing fever (epidemic)
Borrelia recurrentis
Vector: Pediculus humanus(human louse)
Borrelia recurrentis
Agent of Tick-born relapsing fever
Borrelia anserine, toricatae, parkeri
Vector of Borrelia anserine, toricatae, parkeri
Ornithodoros ticks
Agent of Lyme Disease
Borrelia burgdorferi
Vector of Borrelia burgdorferi
Ixodesdammini(deer ticks)
Stage 1 symptom of Lyme disease
Bull’s eye rash (erythema chronicummigrans)
Stage 2 symptom of Lyme disease
dissemination to blood
Stage 3 symptom of Lyme disease
arthritis, neurological abnormalities, skin lesions
Culture media for Borrelia burgdorferi
Barber Stoenner Kelly at 33C for 6 weeks
tightly coiled spirochete
Treponema
Lab diagnosis for Treponema
Darkfield microscopy - graceful/corkscrew motility
Levaditi silver impregnation
Screening tests for Treponema in serology
Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR)
Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL)
Confirmatory tests for Treponema in serology
Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody Absorption (FTA-ABS),
Treponema pallidum Haemagglutination (TPHA),
Microhemagglutination Assay for Treponema pallidum Antibodies (MHA-TP),
Hemagglutination Treponemal Test for Syphilis (HATTS)
Primary Syphilis symptom and specimen of choice
Hard chancre: firm and painless
swab/aspirate; diagnosis using darkfield microscopy
Secondary Syphilis symptom and specimen of choice
condylomata lata (wart-like lesions in genital area or mouth)
serum; (RPR/VDRL, FTA-ABS)
Tertiary Syphilis symptom and specimen of choice
Gummas (granulomatous lesions)
Neurosyphilis (Tabes dorsalis –degeneration of lower spinal cord)
syphilitic cardiovascular lesions
CSF
Hutchinson’s triad (notched teeth, keratitis, nerve deafness)
Congenital syphilis
T. pallidum subsp. pertenue
chronic nonvenereal disease of skin and bones
Yaws/Framboise
T. pallidum subsp. endemicum
lesions in oral cavity/mucosa, skin boes, nasopharynx
Bejel
T. pallidum subsp. endemicum
ulcerative skin disease
Pinta
T. pallidum subsp. carateum
spirochete tightly coiled with 1 or 2 hooks
Leptospira
specimen of choice for 1st week diagnosis of Leptospira
blood, CSF, tissue
specimen of choice for 2nd week diagnosis of Leptospira
urine
Culture method for Leptospira
EMJH (Ellinghausen-McCullough-Johnson-Harris)/Stuart
Fletcher’s
Screening Test for Leptospira
Macroscopic Agglutination Test - (+): agglutination
Gold standard for Leptospira
Microscopic Agglutination Test - (+): agglutination under dark field
cause of leptospirosis (zoonotic infection)
Leptospira interrogans
most common characteristic physical finding in Leptospira interrogans
conjunctival suffusion
severe form of leptospirosis; systemic disease with intravascular disease, renal and hepatic failure
Weil’s disease
Gram-positive obligate intracellular parasite
Chlamydia