spirochete

[spi´ro-kēt]

a highly coiled bacterium; a general term applied to any organism of the order Spirochaetales, which includes the genera Borrelia, Leptospira, and Treponema. Spirochetes are the causative organisms of syphilis, yaws, lyme disease, and various other diseases. adj., adj spiroche´tal.

spi·ro·chete

(spī'rō-kēt),

A vernacular term used to refer to any organism resembling a Leptospira, Spirochaeta, or Treponema cell.

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spirochete

(spī′rə-kēt′)

Any of various slender, spiral, motile bacteria of the order Spirochaetales, many of which are pathogenic, causing syphilis, relapsing fever, yaws, and other diseases.

spi′ro·chet′al (-kēt′l) adj.

spi·ro·chete

(spī'rō-kēt)

A vernacular term used to refer to any organism resembling a Leptospira, Spirochaeta, or Treponema cell.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

Spirochete

Any of a family of spiral- or coil-shaped bacteria known as Spirochetae. L. interrogans is a spirochete, as well as the organisms that cause syphilis and relapsing fever.

Mentioned in: Leptospirosis, Lyme Disease, Syphilis

spi·ro·chete

(spī'rō-kēt)

A vernacular term used to refer to any organism resembling a Leptospira, Spirochaeta, or Treponema cell.

Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

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miyamotoi in small mammals in California mirrors research from other locations that have documented the spirochete in small rodents.

Borrelia miyamotoi Infections in Small Mammals, California, USA

In all biopsies, the hematoxylin-eosin-stained sections revealed a thickened and shaggy basophilic band on the apical cell membrane of the colorectal epithelium; Warthin-Starry stain demonstrated numerous spirochetes (Figure, A and B).

Cross-reactivity of Anti-Treponema Immunohistochemistry With Non-Treponema Spirochetes: A Simple Call for Caution

Previous studies have indicated that this spirochete uses similar mechanisms to invade both mammalian and tick cells (9,22,23).

Fluorescent membrane markers elucidate the association of Borrelia burgdorferi with tick cell lines

Changes in infectivity and plasmid profile of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, as a result of in vitro cultivation.

Lyme borreliosis: is there a preexisting (natural) variation in antimicrobial susceptibility among Borrelia burgdorferi strains?

miyamotoi spirochetes are more likely to be seen in blood smears than are their burgdorferi cousins.

Newly described tick-borne infection in New England

Lyme Disease (LD), caused by spirochetes in the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex, is transmitted by Ixodes spp.

Hitting the target: Lyme or STARI?

As stated previously, it takes up to 36 hours of attachment to transfer the spirochete into the blood.

"Baby Doc" Eden explains

The highest risk of spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi infection is connected with the nymph stage of spirochetes.

Lyme disease: etiology, pathogenesis, clinical courses, diagnostics and treatment

Serologic surveillance for the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, in Minnesota by using white-tailed deer as sentinel animals.

RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON SEROPREVALENCE OF BORRELIA BURGDORFERI IN ELK AND MOOSE IN MINNESOTA

Each DNA extract revealing a positive spirochete signal was again amplified with a second set of specific primers: C90/C75.

Spirochetes in crystalline styles of marine bivalves: group-specific PCR detection and 16s RRNA sequence analysis

Not only do spirochetes form internalized attachment structures that greatly resemble cilia, but spirochete round bodies (RBs) attach regularly to protist cell membranes.

Spirochete attachment ultrastructure: implications for the origin and evolution of cilia

Lyme Disease was originally regarded as an uncommon illness caused by the spirochete Borrelia Burgdorfi Bb.

Blood transfusions are very dangerous