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MedMicro 2006 UTHSCmed

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Treponema pallidum Shape   helical bacillus (long and thin)  
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Treponema pallidum aerobicity   microaerophilic  
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Treponema pallidum motility   peroplasmic flagella, cork-screw  
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Treponema pallidum Reservoir   Humans  
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Treponema pallidum diseases   Syphilis  
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Treponema pallidum specimen   exudate from skin  
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Treponema pallidum lab diagnosis   Darkfield microscopy, non- & triponemal tests, characteristic lesions  
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Treponema pallidum treatment   penicillin (in secondary, can cause Jarisch Herxheimer reaction:fever, chills)  
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Treponema pallidum prevention/control   safe sex!, screening of pregnant women  
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Treponema pallidum NOTES:   obligate parasite of humans  
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Treponema pallidum Neurosyphilis   mental illness, shuffling gate  
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Treponema pallidum LATE congenital syphilis   Hutchinson's teeth (notched incisors) and interstitial keratitis (cloudy eye)  
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T. pallidum pertenue =   Yaws  
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T. carateum =   Pinta  
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T. vincenti & denticola =   Dental Caries  
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T. pallidum endemicum =   endemic syphilis  
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Brachuspira pilosicoli =   gut flora?  
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B. hyodysenteriae =   dysentery in pigs  
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Borrelia recurrentis & hermsiiShape   Helical bacillus  
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Borrelia recurrentis & hermsii Aerobicity   microaerophilic  
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Borrelia recurrentis & hermsii Motility   flagella  
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Borrelia recurrentis & hermsii virulence factors   Variable Major Protein: antigenic variants cause cycles/relapses  
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Borrelia recurrentis & hermsii reservoir   rodents + ticks, humans + lice  
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Borrelia recurrentis & hermsii specimen   Blood  
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Borrelia recurrentis & hermsii NOTES:   mimics: leptospirosis, typhus, typhoid fever, and malaria  
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B. burgdoferi shape   Helical bacillus  
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B. burgdoferi aerobicity   microaerophilic  
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B. burgdoferi motility   highly motile  
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B. burgdoferi reservoir   Mouse, deer + tick  
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B. burgdoferi specimen   serum, skin biopsy  
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B. burgdoferi lab diagnosis   serology (most), culture (rare), PCR (rare)  
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B. burgdoferi treatment   Ter/doxycycline (early); ceftriaxone, penicillin (late), amoxicillin (both)  
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B. burgdoferi prevention/control   DEET, white socks over pants, avoidance  
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B. burgdoferi NOTES:   promary erythemia migrans from wound site, secondary cardio/neuro/opthalmo, terthiary chronic (arthritis, dermititis)  
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Leptospira interrogans shape   Helical bacillus  
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Leptospira interrogans aerobicity   Aerobe  
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Leptospira interrogans Temperature   30 C  
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Leptospira interrogans reservoir   mammals: urine  
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Leptospira interrogans diseases   leptospirosis: rash, fever, shiclls, in stages; rare Weil's syndrome  
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Leptospira interrogans specimen   blood, CSF, urine  
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Leptospira interrogans treatment   no standard: doxycycline, Beta-lactams, streptomycin  
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Leptospira interrogans prevention/control   Avoid urine or contaminated water  
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Primary syphilis   Chanchre  
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Secondary syphilis   Rash  
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Terthiary syphilis   latent, neuro, gummatour, or cardio; congenital (severe)  
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