Spirochetes

Question 1

Treponema pallidum

Answer 1

Syphilis

• Wassermann Test
• Primary stage ( week 4 -8) = Chancre
• Secondary stage ( 12 weeks ) = Rash
• Teritary = Gumma
• STD but can transmit Mother to baby
• Pencillin cannot be used in Teritiary stage

Question 2

Treponema pertenue

Answer 2

Yaws (extremity ulcerations)

Question 3

Borrelia recurrentis

Answer 3

Relapsing Fever

• Recurring episodes of septicemia and fever
• caused = Lice

Question 4

borrelia hermsii

Answer 4

From a Squirrel or chipmunk

Question 5

Borrelia burgdorferi

Answer 5

Lyme Disease

• bull’s-eye” rash (erythema migrans)
• caused = Tick

Question 6

Leptospira interrogans

Answer 6

Leptospirosis

• two phases
• 1) fever, chills, HA, vomitting
• 2) hepatic jaundice, anemia, WEIL’S syndrome (neuro distrubances)
• caused = Rat urine