Exam 23: Spirochetes

A young woman notices a bruise that looks like an erythema chronicum migrans lesion on her lower leg.She cannot remember getting bruised,even though she went hiking through the woods last weekend.The bruise goes away in about a week and she thinks nothing more about it.About 2 weeks later,she begins to feel very bad.She has joint and bone pain,extreme fatigue,and her heart just "doesn't feel right." What disease does she have,and what antibiotic is used to treat it?

Where is the unusual rash seen in secondary syphilis?

Acceptable specimens during the first week of leptospirosis include all the following EXCEPT:

What is a confirmatory test for a positive rapid plasmin reagin (RPR)?

All of the following diseases are produced by Treponema EXCEPT:

How are Borrelia organisms transmitted to the host?

When does a patient develop tertiary syphilis?

What is the primary method used to diagnosis syphilis infections?

What medium is used in the laboratory to grow leptospires?

Early-onset congenital syphilis is characterized by all the following symptoms EXCEPT:

Factors that may play a role in pathogenicity of Leptospira include all the following EXCEPT:

What structure is responsible for motility in spirochetes?

All of the following symptoms are characteristic of Weil's disease EXCEPT:

What organism causes relapsing fever?

A man is taking a shower and notices this lesion on his penis that is not tender but is firm with a clean surface and raised edges.He is quite dismayed,so he goes to his physician.The physician does a rapid plasmin reagin (RPR)and a darkfield microscopy.Both tests are positive.What is the physician's probable diagnosis?

Spirochetes are made up of all the following EXCEPT:

How is congenital syphilis transmitted from the mother to her unborn child?

Leptospires are susceptible to all the following antibiotics EXCEPT:

What is the drug of choice used to treat syphilis?

What diseases do Borrelia spp.cause?