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Treponema pallidum
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Treponema pal·li·dum (pl-dm)
n.
A spirochete that causes syphilis in humans.

Treponema pallidum,
an actively motile, slender spirochetal organism that causes syphilis.

trephine (trefēn´),
n a circle-cutting surgical instrument designed to remove a circumscribed portion of tissue. It permits the insertion of the heads of intramucosal inserts into the tissue.
Treponema
n a genus of schizomycetes composed of parasitic and pathogenic spiral microorganisms.
Treponema microdentium,
n a species found in the normal oral cavity.
Treponema mucosum,
n a species found in periodontal infections in man.
Treponema pallidum,
n the spirochete that causes syphilis in humans.
Treponema vincentii,
n a spirochete associated with acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis.

Treponema pallidum
Infectious disease The spirochete that causes syphilis Epidemiology 9000 cases/yrs–US, primarily in the SE US. See FTA-ABS, Syphilis, TORCH. Cf Pinta, Yaws.


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of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle) also point out that current genetic and molecular tools have broadened understanding of the role of treponemal infections beyond syphilis (e.
8) Rarely, false-positive treponemal tests may be due to infection with other nonvenereal treponemal infections like yaws, bejel, or pinta, particularly in persons from endemic areas.
Now, immunological tests on bones from a Pleistoceneepoch bear prove that treponemal infections in the New World date back at least 11,000 years.
 
 
 
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