Spirochetes

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Question 1
Found in humpid Africa, S America and SE Asia. Trasmitted by skin contact.
Primary lesions: papules
Secondary leasion: similar
Tertiary late phase: cutaneous plaque, cunatous lesions with hyperkeratosis of palms and soles
Name Disese
Spirochaetaceae treponema pallidum pertenue: Yaws

Pertenue Yaws will pigment (hyperkeratosis) your paws (palms and soles)
Question 2
Found in Mexico, Central America and Colombia. Transmitted by skin contact.
Primary lesion: small pruitic, red rash on face,neck,chest- can last years
Secondary: scaley papules-> pigments lesions
Late phase: depigments lesions on wrist, elbows, ankles
Name Disese
Spirochaetaceae treponema carateum: Pinta

Depigmented people on the Pinta to America.

Question 3
Found in Africa and West Asia.
Transmission: sharing eating drinking utensils
Primary: oral mucosal lesion (reaelt seen)
Secondary: Mucous patches, periostitis, adenopathy
Tertiary: gummatous lesions
Name Disese
Spirochaetaceae treponema pallidum Endemicum: Bejel

No Forks in Asia, b/c it end be(jel) oral gum(matous) lesoins
Question 4
Found in East Africa, S America and catastrophes
Symptoms: Causes reccurent fever, chills, Headache, myalgia, arthralgia, and truncal rash. COD: myocarditis, CNS hemorrhage.
Micro: organism only in blood during febrile episodes, reemerge from organs with antigenic variation with next fever
Name Disease and Vectors
Disease: Borrelia recurrentis- relapsing fever
Vector: body louse crushed and organismas go into skin- single relapse or tick borne: worldwideand rodent resvoir
Stain: dark-feild, Giemsa, Wright, thin/thick smear DURING FEVER
Question 5
Epi: NE, West Coast of US, Europe during summer
Stage 1:Erthema chronicum migrans w or w/o annular scondary lesions
Stage 2: disseminated disease: myalgia, migratory joint pain, some meningeal irritation normal CSF, 5% have transitory cardiac problems
Stage 3: latent period, then years of persistent infection- LATE ONLY abnormal CSF meningitis, bell palsy, chonic arthrutus
Name disease, diagnosis and Vectors
Disease: Borrelia burgdorferia- lyme disease
Vector: Ixodes tick

scapularis: NE, pacidicus: west, ricinius: europe
Resvoir: deer and rodents
Diagnosis: serology is diffucult
Early: 30-40% IgM
2-4 weeks: 70% IgM
4-6 weeka: 90% IgG
use C6 Ab ELISA
Question 6
Epi: Worldwide
Transmission: zoonosis of animal urine in water or soil
Stage 1: flu-like fever, headache, muscle pain, conjunctivis (auqeous homor of eye)
Stage 2: immune mediated renal liver damage, meningitis, chronic uveitis, renal failure, rash
DIsease name and two forms
Leprtospira interrogans: leptopirosis
Anicteric Form: 90% pt with flu like symptoms 4-7 days +/- secondary disease
Icteric Form (Weil's Disease): renal impaments, hepatic failure, conjunctival hemorrhage, shock, 5-10% death
Diagnsosis: serologic tests: ELISA, fourfold rise in antibody titer


Some Humor, it lept from the urine water to you aqueous humor