Talaros Foundation of Microbiology Chapter 021 11th Edition Quiz Bank 2023 GRADED & VERIFIED
Spirochetes correct answers Helical, flexible bacteria
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Treponema correct answers Several ________ species are obligate parasitic spirochetes with 8 to 12 regular spirals.
Treponema correct answers This bacteria is best observed under dark-field microscope; causes treponematoses.
treponeme, Treponematoses correct answers Direct observation of _______ in tissues and blood tests is important in diagnosis of ______.
cannot correct answers Treponema ______ be cultivated in artificial media.
penicillin, doxycycline correct answers Treatment of treponematoses is accomplished through large doses of ______ or _______.
Syphillis correct answers Treponema pallidum causes this complex progressive disease in adults and children.
lesion correct answers Sexually transmitted syphilis is acquired through close contact with a ______; untreated sexual disease occurs in stages over long periods.
chancre correct answers At site of entrance for sexually transmitted syphilis multiplying treponemes produce a primary lesion, a hard ulcer or ______, which disappears as the microbe becomes systemic.
chancre correct answers The primary source of sexually transmitted syphilis that forms at the site of penetration by Treponema pallidum. It begins as a hard, dull red, painless papule that erodes from the center.
Sexually Transmitted Secondary Syphilis correct answers Marked by skin rash, fever, damage to mucous membranes.
communicable correct answers Both primary and secondary stage of sexually transmitted syphilis are _______. Latent period establishes pathogen in tissues.
tertiary stage, gummas correct answers The final, noncommunicable _______ ______ of sexually transmitted syphilis is marked by tumors called _______ and life-threatening cardiovascular and neurological effects.
Gummas correct answers A nodular, infectious granuloma characteristic of tertiary syphilis.
Congenital syphilis correct answers Is acquired transplacentally; disrupts embryonic and fetal development; survivors may have respiratory, skin, bone, teeth, eye, and joint abnormalities if not treated.
Nonsyphilitic treponematosis correct answers Slow progressive cutaneous and bone disease endemic to specific regions of tropics and subtropics; usually transmitted under unhygenic conditions.
Bejel correct answers A nonsyphilitic treponematosis deforming childhood infection of the mouth, nasal cavity, body, and hands.
Yaws correct answers A nonsyphilitic treponematosis infection caused from invasion of skin cut, causing a primary ulcer that seeds a second crop of lesions.
Pinta correct answers A nonsyphilitic treponematosis infection that is a superficial skin lesion that depigments and scars the skin.
Leptospira interrogans correct answers Causes leptospirosis, a worldwide zoonosis acquired through contact with urine of wild and domestic animal reservoirs.
spirochete correct answers In leptospira interrogans a _______ enters the cut, multiplies in blood and spinal fluid. Long-term infections may affect the kidneys and liver.
Borrelia correct answers This species is a loose, irregular spirochete that causes borreliosis; infections are vector-borne (mostly by ticks).
fever, immune system correct answers Borrelias cause recurrent ______ and other symptoms because the spirochetes repeatedly change antigenetically and force the _____ _____ to keep adapting.
B. hermsii, B. recurrentis correct answers Both of these species of Borrelia cause relapsing fever.
Borrelia burgdorferi correct answers A species of Borrelia that causes lyme disease, a syndrome that occurs endemically in several regions of the United States. [Show Less]