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spirochete morphology and structure

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  • elongated, flexible, motile
  • spirally wound flagella anchored at poles
  • binary fission
  • gram-negative
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three groups of spirochetes

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  • treponema
  • borrelia
  • leptospira
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diseases caused by treponema

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  • syphilis
  • yaws
  • pinta
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diseases caused by borrelia

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  • relapsing fever

- Lyme Disease

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diseases caused by leptospira

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leptospirosis

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how can treponema pallidum be viewed?

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  • too small for gram stain
  • darkfield microscopy
  • immunofluorescence
  • silver salts
  • electron microscopy
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treponema pallidum storage and culture

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  • can not be grown in culture
  • can be kept alive in rich media under anaerobic condition
  • survive in blood 24 hours
  • survive in tissue for several days
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treponema pallidum transmission

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  • direct contact of genitalia/mucous membranes
  • not transmissible in late stages
  • mother to fetus (congenital syphilis), still birth, abortion
  • rare: transfusion, or contact
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treponema pallidum pathogenesis

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  • incubation 2-6 weeks but bacteria present and replicating
  • primary lesion - 1-4 weeks after infection on genitalia
  • secondary lesion - after dissemination, generalized skin rash 2-20 weeks post primary lesion
  • tertiary lesion - late in disease many years after infection in CNS, rubbery, called “gumma”
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treponema pallidum diagnosis

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  • pathogenic signs
  • history of exposure
  • organisms in lesion
  • positive tests
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treponema pallidum tests

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  • nonspecific (VDRL, flocculation)
  • FTA-ABS
  • micro hemagglutination test
  • ELISA
  • TPI
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syphilis false positives and negatives

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  • may read positive in presence of mono or malaria
  • ## VDRL has more false results than FTA-ABS
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what test is specifically not used for treponema pallidum?

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PCR - no specific primers at diagnostic level

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antibiotics for treponema pallidum

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  • very sensitive to penicillin

- tetracycline, erythromycin

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vaccine for treponema pallidum?

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no vaccine

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Yaws, cause and description

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  • Treponema pertenue
  • non-venereal, only through open sores
  • often in children
  • patients show positive syphilis test
  • no placental transmission
  • primary lesion resembles raspberry (yaws)
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Bejel, cause and description

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  • Treponema pallidum subspecies endemicum
  • similar to yaws
  • children in Syria
  • treat with penicillin
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Pinta, cause and description

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  • Treponema carateum
  • central and south america
  • flat, non-ulcerating skin lesions of hands, feet, scalp, leaving depigmented areas after healing
  • treat with penicillin
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Lyme disease reservoir and vector

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  • white footed mouse reservoir

- deer tick vector

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relapsing fever pathogenesis

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  • several Borrelia spirochete species

- fever 4-5 days, afebrile 7-10 days, then recurrence and disappearance of fever again. 3-10 relapses total.

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Lyme Disease caused by:

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Lyme Disease pathogenesis

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stage one: papule with expanding erythema 3-14 days after bite, fever, headache, stiff neck, malaise
stage two: neurologic and cardiac involvement
stage three: migrating arthritis weeks to months after bite

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Lyme disease diagnosis:

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  • difficult to isolate organism
  • clinical diagnosis mostly
  • ELISA test to detect antibodies against B. burgdorferi is available
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lyme disease complications/late manifestations

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  • chronic arthritis
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lyme disease treatment

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  • tetracycline

- ampicillin for young children

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unique feature of lyme disease B. burgdorferi:

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iron non-requirement

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Leptospirosis transmission

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  • usually from animal urine (rats, dogs)

- through skin or mouth

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leptospirosis pathogenesis

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  • enters blood
  • various tissues and organs
  • kidney, liver, meninges, conjunctiva especially
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leptospirosis symptoms

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  • muscular pain
  • headache
  • photophobia
  • fever, chills
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what is Weil’s Disease?

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infectious jaundice caused by one specific serovar of Leptospira. Leads to renal failure and hepatic injury.

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Leptospirosis treatment

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penicillin, erythromycin, tetracyclines

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vaccine for leptospira?

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None.

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