spirochetes..

Question 1

what spp of spirochetes is stains well at GIemsa stain at BRIGHT field microscopy

a. leptospira
b. borrelia
c. treponema
d. aota

Answer 1

Borrelia

- stains well at giemsa stains at bright field microscopy

Question 2

european relapsing fever

a. borrelia recurrentis
b. borrelia hermsii
c. borrelia burgdorderi
d. aota

Answer 2

Borrelia recurrentis

• it is agent of louse-borne/ Epidemic / European relapsing fever
• vector : louse (pediculus humanus)

Question 3

what is the vector for Borrelia recurrentis

a. pediculus humanus
b. ornithodoras
c, ixodes pacifus
d. ixodes scapularis

Answer 3

B. recurrentis
- pediculus humanus

B. hermsii, B. turicate , B. garinii and B. parkeri
- soft ticks (ornithodoras

B. burgdorferi sensu stricto,B. garinii and B. afzelli
- hard tics (Ixodes)

Question 4

American relapsing fever

a. borrelia recurrentis
b. borrelia hermsii
c. borrelia burgdorderi
d. aota

Answer 4

B. hermsii, B. turicate , B. garinii and B. parkeri

• these are the agents of TICK BORNE RELAPSING FEVER / ENDEMIC / AMERICAN RELAPSING FEVER
• VECTOR : soft ticks (ornithodoras)

Borrelia recurrentis

• it is agent of louse-borne/ Epidemic / European relapsing fever
• vector : louse (pediculus humanus)

Question 5

which of the following spirochetes is flexible, helical tightly coiled

a. leptospira
b. borrelia
c. treponema
d. aota

Answer 5

Borrelia
- microaerophilis , helically coiled bacteria

LEPTOSPIRA
- FLEXIBLE, HELICAL AND TIGHTLY COILED

treponema
- helically shaped bacteria

Question 6

which of the ff has a pointed or bent into hook ends

a. leptospira
b. borrelia
c. treponema
d. aota

Answer 6

Leptospira

• FLEXIBLE, HELICAL AND TIGHTLY COILED
• stains faintly with ANILINE DYES
• one or both ends are POINTED OR BENT INTO A HOOK

Question 7

which of the ff can cause icteric form of leptospira known as WEIL’s DISEASE

a. Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohemorrhage
b. Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola
c. Leptospira interrogans serovar autumnalis
d. Leptospira interrogans serovar mitis

Answer 7

Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohemorrhage

- cause icteric form of leptospira known as WEIL’s DISEASE

Question 8

Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohemorrhage
can cause icteric form of leptospira known as ___

a. wilson’s disease
b. weil’s disease
c. vincent’s disease
d. widal’s test

Answer 8

Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohemorrhage
- cause icteric form of leptospira known as WEIL’s DISEASE

trponema socranskii , T. denticola and T. pectinovorum
- Vincent’s disease

Question 9

which of the ff can cause march fever

a. Leptospira interrogans serovar grippotyphosa
b. Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola
c. Leptospira interrogans serovar autumnalis
d. Leptospira interrogans serovar mitis

Answer 9

Leptospira interrogans serovar grippotyphosa
March fever

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Question 10

which of the ff can cause fortbragg / pritibial fever

a. Leptospira interrogans serovar grippotyphosa
b. Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola
c. Leptospira interrogans serovar autumnalis
d. Leptospira interrogans serovar mitis

Answer 10

Leptospira interrogans serovar autumnalis
- Fortbragg or Pritribial fever

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Question 11

it is a severe form of illness that affects the liver nad kidney, and causes vascular dysfunction

a. weil syndrome
b. icteric leptospirosis
c. anicteric leptospirosis

Answer 11

icteric leptospirosis / Weil’s syndrome

- severe form of illness that affects the kidney and liver

Question 12

ellinghausen - mc cullough johnson harris is used at what spirochetes

a. leptospira
b. borrelia
c. treponema

Answer 12

Leptospira

semisolid media: EMCJH and Fetcher’s