Download Borrelia burgdorferi

Spirochete
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Inroduction
•The spirochetes are a large heterogenous group of
bacteria.
•In some respects, this microorganism is similar to
bacteria and protozoa.
•They have cell wall and propagate by binary fission
and move vigorously by the rotation and twisting of
the endoflagella. They are sensitive to antibiotic.
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• Structural characteristics:
◇ They are long, slender and spiral or helical-shaped,
Gram-negative bacilli.
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endoflagella
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• Structural characteristics:
◇ There are endoflagella located between outer and inner
membrane (envelope) and running parallel to the microbic
body.
Protoplasmic cylinder
Endoflagella
Outer envelope
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There are three genera whose members are
human pathogens:
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Leptospira
II. Treponema
III. Borrelia
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I. Leptospira & Leptospirosis
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Morphology
•Leptospira are tightly coiled
and flexible (5-15 µm long
and 0.1-0.2 µm wide). One
or two ends are usually bent
to form hook-like shape.
•While stained with silver
stain (Fontana stain), they
show a deep brown color.
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Morphology
•They are actively mobile,
which is best seen using a
darkfield microscope.
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Can magnify
1000 times
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observe living cells
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Classification
• two species:
• L. interrogans
• causes human
leptospirosis
or
animal
diseases
called
• According to the antigenic differences of LPS
and superficial glycoproteins, L. interrogans can
be divided into at least 24 serogroups and 200
serotypes
• L. biflaxa
• Saprophytic, usually exists in water in nature.
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Culture
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Korthof medium with 10% rabbit serum
The optimal incubating temperature is about 28℃
L. interrogans grows slowly
Sensitive to heating and various chemical agents
Can survive several months in wet soil and water
◇L. interrogans has two chromosomes (one is large
and the other is small).
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Transmission
• L. interrogans propagates in the kidney of infected
patients or animals and can be shed in the urine.
• Animal urine from infected rodents, infected farm
animals (usually inapparent infection)
• Contaminate soil and water
• Enters body through healthy or broken skin.
• Human leptospirosis. L. interrogans rapidly enters
bloodstream to cause leptospiremia
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Epidemiology
• A common zoonosis:
A disease of animals
that can be transmitted
to humans.
• Extensive animal hosts:
rats, mice, other wild
rodents,
swine,
cattle,
dog, sheep etc.
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Pathogenicity
• Virulent factors produced by L. interrogans
LPS: lower toxicity than bacterial LPS
Hemolysin: unknown pathogenesis
Cytotoxicity factor (CTF) and cytopathic effect
(CPE) substance: only show cytotoxicity
• Pathological damage to the capillary endothelium is
the main cause for disease.
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Clinical finding
• Leptospirosis affects many internal organs e.g.,
lung, kidney, liver
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pathogenicity
of
different
leptospiral
serogroups is distinct. The clinical symptoms are
quite different, from mild influenza-like clinical
signs to death which is usually caused by pulmonary
diffuse hemorrhage (PDH)
• Macrophage can
neutrophils can not
phagocytose
L.
interrogans,
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Laboratory Diagnosis
• Peripheral blood in the first week of disease and
urine from the second week on are collected as
samples for detecting leptospire
• Common diagnostic methods in clinic include direct
darkfield microscopy and serological examination
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Control
Penicillin is the first choice drug to
treat leptospirosis
Multi-valent vaccine composed of
whole dead cells of several
leptospiral serovars is available.
However side effect of the vaccine
is relatively serious
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II. Treponema pallidum and Syphilis
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Morphology of Treponema pallidum
• Moves with endoflagella
• There are 16 to 18 bends
• Shows a deep brown color by silver stain.
• Can be cultured in rabbit testicle but can not grow in
vitro
• Sensitive to temperature and dryness
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Treponema pallidum
in testis of infected rabbit
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Transmission
via sexual contact
via placenta or during birth
via blood transfusion
Disease
Acquired syphilis
Congenital syphilis
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I. Acquired Syphilis
• Syphilis is the a most common STD in our
country
• This disease appears chronic and slowly
progressive
• Syphilis undergoes 3 stages
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Stage 1: Primary Syphilis
• Chancre appears (an area of
ulceration/inflammation)
usually in genital areas
• The patient has influenzalike symptoms
• The local lesion will heal
within 4-6 weeks but the
microbe spread systemically
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Stage 2: Secondary Syphilis
• Pale red rash (syphilid) appears on the palms
or soles or over the entire body
• The sores around the genitals or anus secrete
extremely infectious fluids
• This stage will last 3-6 months
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Syphilid
Abdominal part
palms
soles
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Stage 3: Latency Stage
• No obvious symptoms and usually occurs 2-10
years after initial infection and last 3-6 months.
• The infectious ability is decreased.
• Later the complications in the skin, bones,
central nervous system, heart and blood vessels
appear, which frequently cause death.
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basic
pathological
lesion
is
chronic
granuloma (Gumma).
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Gumma (syphiloma)
lesion in the heart
Gumma (syphiloma)
lesion in the skin
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II. Congenital Syphilis
• The disease can cause
fetal death.
• In infants, multi-organ
deformity
or
latent
infection are present.
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Runny nose
I. Early Congenital
Syphilis
Vesicular rash
Osteochondritis
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Saw-teeth
II. Late congenital
Syphilis
Sabre shins
Frontal bossing and saddle nose
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Laboratory diagnosis
Samples
the secretions from chancre in Stage I and
from syphilid in Stage II
the patient’s serum
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Laboratory diagnosis
Darkfield microscopy and fluorescence microscopy
RPR (rapid plasma reagin)
Use cattle cardiolipin as the antigen to detect reagin (syphilis
non-specific antibodies) in the serum
TPPA (T. pallidum particle agglutination assay) or
TPHA (T. pallidum hemagglutination assay)
micro-hemoagglutination assays for the detection of antibodies
to Treponema pallidum
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Treatment & Prevention
Penicillin
Tetracycline
Erythromycin
No vaccine
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III.Borrelia burgdorferi /Lyme disease
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• Lyme disease is an emerging zoonosis mainly
caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. In 1975, the disease
was firstly found in a town named Lyme in the U.S.A.
• Human is infected by bite of ticks carrying Borrelia
burgdorferi.
• The clinical characteristic is erythema chronicum
migrans (ECM) at the bite site.
• Borrelia burgdorferi can invade host cells, resist
phagocytosis and produce endotoxin-like substance.
Pathogenesis is considered to be closely associated
with immunopathological injury because rarely the
pathogen can be found in vivo.
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• Borrelia burgdorferi is a spiral microorganism. The microbe
has variable numbers (7-11) of endoflagella to move actively.
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Inn tick
A kind of tick to transmit Borrelia burgdorferi to human
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Erythema chronicum migrans (ECM)
Lyme Disease
erythematous rash
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Erythema chronicum migrans (ECM) at the bite site.
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Diagnosis & Treatment
•Lyme disease is diagnosed based on clinical symptoms (e.g.,
ECM) and the possibility of exposure to infected ticks.
•PCR and serological assays are helpful for clinical diagnosis.
•Most of Lyme disease cases can be treated successfully with
a few weeks of antibiotics (penicillin or tetracycline).
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