SPIROCHETES

Question 1

Genus under spirochetes are

Answer 1

Leptomonas
Borellia
Treponema

Question 2

Gram stain characteristics of Spirochetes

Answer 2

Gram (-)

Question 3

Motility of spirochetes

Answer 3

Corkscrew motility

Question 4

Corkscrew motility must consist of

Answer 4

Axial filaments
Periplasmic flagella

Question 5

Spirochetes may be view using

Answer 5

Dark field microscopy

Question 6

Stain used for Spirochetes

Answer 6

Silver stain

Question 7

Borellia is viewed in

Answer 7

Bright filled microscopy

Question 8

Borellia is also known as

Answer 8

Blood spirochetes

Question 9

Culture medium used for Borellia

Answer 9

Kelly medium

Question 10

Diagnostic tool for Borellia

Answer 10

Sero test & Giemsa stain

Question 11

Species under Borellia

Answer 11

B. Burgdorferi
B. Reccurentis
B. Parkeri
B. Duttoni
B. Harmesii

Question 12

Clinical significance of B. Burgdorferi

Answer 12

Lyme disease

Question 13

Lyme disease is transmitted by

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Ixode ticks
Black legged ticks
Deer ticks

Question 14

Stage 1: Lyme disease

Answer 14

Bull eye’s appearance
ECM (erythrema chronicum migrans)

Question 15

Stage 2: Lyme disease

Answer 15

ECM Accumulation throughtout the body

Question 16

Stage 3: Lyme disease

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Chronic arthritis
Nurologic symptoms

Question 17

B. Recurrentis clinical significance

Answer 17

Louse Borne Relapsing Fever

Question 18

Arthropod asscociated in B. Recurrentis

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Pediculus
Pendiculus capitis (head)
Pendiculus corporis (body)

Question 19

Arthropod associated harmessi, duttoni, parkeri

Answer 19

Soft ticks, Ornithodoros ticks

Question 20

Leptomonas Characteristics

Answer 20

Tightly coiled, one or more are bent appears like a hook

Question 21

Culture used for Leptomonas

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Fletchers Media

Question 22

microscopy used for leptomonas detection

Answer 22

Dark-filled
Fluorescence
Phase-contrast

Question 23

Species under Leptomonas that causes animal and human LEPTOSPIROSIS

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L. Interrogans

Question 24

2 phase of leptospirosis

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Anicteric
Icteric

Question 25

Anicteric phase happens when there is

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High fever, rashes, septicemia

Question 26

Leptosipirosis: Icteric phase

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Kidney and liver

Question 27

Leptospirosis: Icteric specimen

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Blood CSF - 1st week specimen
Urine - 2nd wek specimen

Question 28

HALLMARK immune response of Leptos

Answer 28

Aseptic Meningitis

Question 29

Severe form of Leptos

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Weil’s disease

Question 30

Gold standard for diagnosis of Leptospirosis

Answer 30

Microscopic Agglutination test

Question 31

Spirochetes form through binary fission are

Answer 31

BORELLIA
LEPTOMONAS

Question 32

Spirochetes formed thourgh TRANSVERSE FISSION

Answer 32

Treponema

Question 33

Spirochetes with 4-14 coils

Answer 33

Treponema

Question 34

Trepomonas is non-culturable in

Answer 34

VITRO

Question 35

Substance needed to maintain live treponema

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Testicle chancre of rabbit

Question 36

Clinical significance of T. Pallidum

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French disease, syphilis, Great pox

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Primary syphilis

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Genital lesion (hard/huntarian lesion)

Question 38

Secondary lesion

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Extragenital lesion (condyloma latum)

Question 39

Latency phase of Syphilis

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Absence of lesion, + blood test

Question 40

Tertiary

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Deep organ lesion (gumma’s)

Question 41

3 subspecies of T.pallidum

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T.P perteu - Yaws frambresia
T.P carateneum - Pinta
T.P endemicum - Bejel/endemicum syphihlis

Question 42

T. Cuniculi clinical significance

Answer 42

Venereal spirochetosis

Question 43

T.vincentii clinical significance

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Trench mouth
Vincent’s stomatitis