Exam 23: Spirochetes

An animal attendant at the zoo became ill.Symptoms included fever,chills,headache,severe myalgia,and malaise.This person's urinalysis was abnormal with protein and blood present.A couple of weeks earlier,the attendant was handling the chimpanzees and one of the chimps urinated on him.What is the most likely cause of illness?

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Question 21

What is an example of a nontreponemal test?

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Question 22

What is a Leptospira infection called when it becomes a severe systemic disease?

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Question 23

What is the drug of choice for treating Borrelia infections?

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Question 24

All of the following are symptoms of tertiary syphilis EXCEPT:

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Exam 23: Spirochetes

What is an example of a nontreponemal test?

What is a Leptospira infection called when it becomes a severe systemic disease?

What is the drug of choice for treating Borrelia infections?

All of the following are symptoms of tertiary syphilis EXCEPT:

Bacterial Cell Structure, physiology, Metabolism, and Genetics

Host-Parasite Interaction

Laboratory Role in Infection Control

Control of Microorganisms

Performance Improvement in the Microbiology Laboratory

Specimen Collection and Processing

Microscopic Examination of Infected Materials

Use of Colonial Morphology for the Presumptive Identification of Microorganisms

Biochemical Identification of Gram-Negative Bacteria

Immunodiagnosis of Infectious Diseases

Applications of Molecular Diagnostics

Antibiotic Mechanisms of Action and Resistance

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

Staphylococci

Streptococcus, enterococcus, and Other Catalase-Negative Gram-Positive Cocci

Aerobic Gram-Positive Bacilli

Neisseria Species and Moraxella Catarrhalis

Haemophilus and Other Fastidious Gram-Negative Bacilli

Enterobacteriaceae

Vibrio,aeromonas,plesiomonas and Campylobacter Species

Nonfermenting and Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacilli

Anaerobes of Clinical Importance

Chlamydia and Rickettsia

Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and Other Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria

Medically Significant Fungi

Diagnostic Parasitology

Clinical Virology

Agents of Bioterror

Biofilms: Architects of Disease

Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

Gastrointestinal Infections and Food Poisoning

Infections of the Central Nervous System

Bacteremia and Sepsis

Urinary Tract Infections

Genital Infections and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Infections in Special Populations

Zoonotic Diseases

Ocular Infections

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