Spirochetes Flashcards
An 8-year-old African boy exhibited a lesion around his mouth, and later on
exhibited a mucous patch in the oropharyngeal region. What is the name of the disease?
A) Bejel
B) Yaws
C) Syphilis
D) Pinta
A)bejel
A 7-year-old boy experienced small erythematous lesions that caused
hypopigmentation when it healed. What is the name of the disease?
A) Bejel
B) Yaws
C) Syphilis
D) Pinta
D)pinta
A man had Painless ulcer in his penis, what is the cause?
A) treponema pallidum
B) treponema carateum
A) treponema pallidum
18 years old man presented with an ulcer on his penis; black field
microscopy showed a spirochete organism. What is the cause?
T. Pallidium
17)Upon diagnosing a patient with oropharyngeal lesion, a spirochete was observed
under the microscope. What could the patient be diagnosed with? (‘15 final)
A) Bejel
B) Yaws
C) Pinta
A) Bejel
which of the following cause lyme disease?
Borrellia burgdorferi
which of the following organisms is transmitted through sexual contact? (‘15 final)
A) Treponema pallidum
B) Borrelia burgdorferi
A) Treponema pallidum
Which of the following is a non-contagious, self-limiting, flu-like illness? (11’ final)
A) lyme disease
B) pontiac fever
A) lyme disease (This wasn’t mentioned in the notes, BUT lyme disease was the only disease that fit the criteria as all the other choices were extremely contagious and/or severe [in one of its stages, lyme disease is self-limiting with flu-like symptoms])
What is a characteristic of lyme disease?
It is caused by borrelia burgdorferi
Which of the following is the reservoir for leptospira icteroheamorrhagia? (FB2 2013)
A. Dogs
B. Pigs
C.Rats
Rats
A patient came from Africa suffering from a round lesion in his mouth, the infection then spreads to oropharynx and bone, which of the following is most likely the cause?(FINAL 2014 ) A) treponema pallidum B) treponema endemicum C) borrelia burgdorferi D) Treponema carateum
treponema endemicum
