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Treponema Pallidum Flashcards

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Family Treonemataceae

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Consists of three genera
Leptospira
Borrelia
Treponema

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Diseases caused by spirochetes

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Leptospira : leptospirosis

Borrelia : lyme diseases

Treponema : Syphilis, bejel, yaws, pinta

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Organisms of Genera Treponema are

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All treponema pallidum

Sub species pollidum: veneral syphilis.

Sub species pertenue : yaws

Sub species endemicum : endemic syphilis

Treponema caroteum : pinta

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TP general properties

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Thin walled, GRAM POSITIVE.
Flexible rods, spiral shape
Axial filament
Obligate anaerobes
Fastidious bacteria
Grown in monley testes
Seen only in :
Dark field microscopy
Silver impregnation test
Immunoflourescence

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Mode of transmission

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Personal contact:
Sexual
Non sexual

Vertical transmission

Through blood transfusion

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Hallmark of infection

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Obliterative endarteritis
Plasma cell infiltration

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