Short tight spirals
Easy to identify
Requires dark field microscopy
Answers 1 and 3
All of the above
True
False
Weil's disease, frequent hand washing
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction, low dose antibiotics
Weil's disease, low dose antibiotics
Jarisch-Herxheimer, no way to prevent
Middlebrook media
PPLO broth
Fletcher's semi-solid media
Cell culture
True
False
Via lice or tick
Via mucous membranes
Via bodily fluids
Borrelia recurrentis
Borrelia hermsii
Borrelia burgdorferi
Answers 1 and 2
All of the above
New infections
Neutrophil reaction
Eosinophilic reaction
Antigenic variation of surface proteins
Amoxicillin
Erythromycin
Cephalosporin
Tetracycline
True
False
True
False
True
False
T. pertenue
T. pallidum
T. carateum
Primary phase
Secondary phase
Tertiary phase
True
False
Organism does not live in oral habitats
Organism is anaerobic
Contains normal flora treponemes
All of the above
True, infection
True, infection >1 year
Short, thick, tightly coiled spirals
Common in USA
Not culturable
Caused by Spirillium minor
No serologic testing available
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