Spirochetes overview — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: What stain is used to visualize Rickettsia?_____

Answer: Giemsa

Flashcard 2: Which bacteria often causes subacute Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) and hence often goes undiagnosed?_____

Answer: Chlamydia trachomatis serotypes D-K

Flashcard 3: Which stain is used to best visualize Borrelia?_____

Answer: Giemsa

Flashcard 4: _____ is a Rickettsial disease that can be obtained via aerosolized spores released from tick feces or cattle placenta.

Answer: Q Fever

Flashcard 5: Which cause of sterile urethritis does not gram stain well?_____

Answer: Chlamydia trachomatis

Flashcard 6: Which form of Chlamydia spp. is infectious?_____

Answer: Elementary body

Flashcard 7: Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Answer:

Extra: Eaton's agaratypical "walking" pneumoniamacrolide or flouroquinolone

Flashcard 8: What are the key associations to remember for cold agglutinin?

Answer: IgM, Mycoplasma, Mononucleosis (EBV)

Flashcard 9: Mycoplasmal pneumonia

Answer: Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Extra: pneumonia with insidious onset, headache, nonproductive cough, diffuse interstitial infiltratelung X-ray: diffuse interstitial inflitratemacrolide or flouroquinolone<30 y/o, military recruits and prisoners

Flashcard 10: What factor explains Mycoplasma's inability to Gram stain?

Answer: no cell wall!