Spirochetes

Question 1

possess periplasmic flagella/Axial fibrils/Axial filaments/Endoflagella/Periplasmic fibrils

Answer 1

Spirochetes

Question 2

Give the number of axial filaments

treponema

Answer 2

6-10 axial filaments

Question 3

Give the number of axial filaments

Borrelia

Answer 3

30-40 axial filaments

Question 4

Give the number of axial filaments

Leptospira

Answer 4

2 axial filaments

Question 5

“Question mark” shape
(hooks on one end or both ends)

Answer 5

Leptospira

Question 6

tightly coiled, thin, and flexible spirochetes

Answer 6

Leptospira

Question 7

causative agent of Black jaundice and Nanukayami fever

Answer 7

Leptospira interrogans

Question 8

Gold standard for leptospira

Answer 8

Microscopic Agglutination Test

Question 9

causative agent of Relapsing Fever
vector: Pediculus humanus (louse)

Answer 9

Borrelia recurrentis

Question 10

best time to collect for Borrelia

Answer 10

febrile phase

Question 11

culture and identification for Borrelia

Answer 11

Kelly’s Medium (Barbour-Stoenner Kelly Medium)

Question 12

causative agent for Lysine disease
(multisystemic inflammatory disorder affecting the skin, joints, heart, CNS)

Answer 12

Borrelia burgdorferi

Question 13

gold standard for Borrelia

Answer 13

Western Blot

Question 14

“turning thread”

fine spiral organisms with 3 pairs of periplasmic flagella and 4-14 spirals/cell

Answer 14

Treponema

Question 15

causative agent of Syphilis

Answer 15

Treponema pallidum

Question 16

French Disease

Italian Disease

The Great Pox

The Great Imitator

Answer 16

syphilis

Question 17

What is the Hutchinson Triad

Answer 17

1. deafness
2. blindness
3. notched peg-shaped teeth