spirochetes Flashcards
1
Q
syphilis
washerman Test
GREEN
A
treponema pallidum
2
Q
4-8 weeks of treponema pallidum
A
1 degree stage
CHANCRE
3
Q
12 weeks later
A
2 degree stage
RASH
4
Q
months later
A
3 degree stage
GUMMA
5
Q
yaws (ulcerations extremities)
A
treponema pertenue
6
Q
relapsing fever
lice
infection via mucous membranes
blood
A
borrelia recurrentis
7
Q
from a squirrel or chipmunk tick
can be fatak
A
borrelia hermsii
8
Q
lyme disease
deer ticks
bull’s eye rash
A
Borrelia BURGDORFERI
9
Q
high fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, conjunctivitis and vomiting
A
primary phase of leptospira interrogans
10
Q
headache, kidney, hepatic, jaundice, anemia, neuro disturbances-> WELLS SYNDROME
vector: rat
A
secondary phase leptospira interrogans
