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Treponema pallidum
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syphyilis; chancre followed by fever, lethargy, rash (notably also on palms and soled); gummas, degenerative changes in CNS; cardiovascular lesions
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relapses caused by surface antigen variation
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Borrelia recurrentis
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recurrentis--relapsing fever; multiplies by binary fision; arthropod born (ticks and louses);
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not given
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Borrelia burgdorferi
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bull's eye (ECM) 60%; erythema chronicum migrans; late manifestations include arthritis in joints, cardiac, and neurological syndromes
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phagocytosed into endothelial cells where they live and replicate; pass from cell to cell
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Rickettsia rickettsi
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Rocky mountain spotted fever (rash)
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not given
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Rickettsiae
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Scrub fever-- R. akari, R. conori, R. tsutsugumushi; Typhus fever--R. typhii, R. prowazekii; trench fever, Q fever, and Ehrlichiosis caused by other related organisms
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adhere to mucosal epithelium via 2-pronged end structure; no antimicrobials available
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Mycoplasma
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smallestfree living organisms; cause walking pneumonia (M. pneumoniae); spread by aerosol droplets
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taken up into endosomes where EB bodies can turn into RB bodies and replicate; secreted (C. pneumoiae and C. trachomatis) or cell is lysed (C. psitacci); C trachomatis transmittable through birth canal
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Chlamydia
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C. trachomatis is most common sexually transmitted disease; causes sterility in females, trachoma, and lymphogranuloma venerum (LGV)--ulcers on genitalia, red skin,rectal bleeding; conjuctivitis and pneumoniae in newborns
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syphyilis; chancre followed by fever, lethargy, rash (notably also on palms and soled); gummas, degenerative changes in CNS; cardiovascular lesions
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Treponema pallidum
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ID with darkfield microscope, serological testing in secondary stage, FTA-ABS, immunohistochemical, aerobic-anaerobic
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recurrentis--relapsing fever; multiplies by binary fision; arthropod born (ticks and louses);
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Borrelia recurrentis
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G- negative, flexible spiral, Giemsa staining of blood smears
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bull's eye (ECM) 60%; erythema chronicum migrans; late manifestations include arthritis in joints, cardiac, and neurological syndromes
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Borrelia burgdorferi
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G- negative, flexible spiral, serology, IFA, EIA, Western blot conformation, peak levels of IgG take 4-6 months
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Rocky mountain spotted fever (rash)
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Rickettsia rickettsi
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G- short, nonmotile; immunohistological stain of endothelial cells
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Scrub fever-- R. akari, R. conori, R. tsutsugumushi; Typhus fever--R. typhii, R. prowazekii; trench fever, Q fever, and Ehrlichiosis caused by other related organisms
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Rickettsiae
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G- short, nonmotile; immunohistological stain of endothelial cells
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smallestfree living organisms; cause walking pneumonia (M. pneumoniae); spread by aerosol droplets
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Mycoplasma
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colonies have fried egg appearance; special transfer; special media; EIA IHA; serological tests
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C. trachomatis is most common sexually transmitted disease; causes sterility in females, trachoma, and lymphogranuloma venerum (LGV)--ulcers on genitalia, red skin,rectal bleeding; conjuctivitis and pneumoniae in newborns
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Chlamydia
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complex culturing, direct specimen examinations using EIA and DFA, nucleic acid probes
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