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spirochetes
Friday 28 November 2003
Definition: Infectious agents of spirochetoses. Spirochetes are Gram-negative, slender corkscrew-shaped bacteria with axial periplasmic flagella wound around a helical protoplasm. The bacteria are covered in a membrane called an outer sheath, which may mask bacterial antigens from the host immune response.
Pathology (spirochetoses)
syphilis
campylobacter
digestive infections (diarrhea)
placental and fetal infections
- chorioamnionitis
- villous vasculitis
See also
infectious agents
- bacterias
Infections
