Treponema

Definition: Treponema

Treponema

Noun

1. Spirochete that causes disease in humans (e.g. syphilis and yaws).

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Health

Medicine

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Crosswords: Treponema

This mature, 20 mos. old pinta lesion shows signs of hyperkeratosis, parakeratosis, acanthosis, elongation of Rete Pegs and an inflammatory infiltrate in the dermis. The genus Treponema, contains the species pallidum, the cause of syphilis. Credit: CDC.

Treponema pallidum is the causative agent of syphilis. In the United States, over 35,600 cases of syphilis were reported by health officials in 1999. Credit: CDC.

Histopathology showing Treponema pallidum spirochetes in testis of experimentally infected rabbit. Modified Steiner silver stain. Syphilis. Credit: CDC.

One of the histopathologic characteristics of pinta, a nonvenereal treponemal disease contracted through direct contact with infectious lesions containing the bacterium Treponema carateum, is thickening of the epidermis. Credit: CDC.

This patient with secondary syphilis has extensive lesions on the face. Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages, and is characterized by the spread of the bacteria Treponema pallidum, which causes symptoms throughout the body. Credit: CDC.

A patient with moist papules developing in the intertriginous areas between the toes. This clinical manifestation occurs during the secondary stage of syphilis, and is caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. Credit: CDC.

Here we see two Treponema pallidum bacteria scanned by an electron microscope, magnified 36,000X. T. pallidum is the causative agent of syphilis. It contains one of the smallest prokaryotic genomes consisting of about 1000 kilobase pairs. Credit: CDC.

A photomicrograph of a virulent T. pallidum bacterium, ruptured at 6,000 psi. Treponema pallidum is the causative agent of syphilis. It contains one of the smallest prokaryotic genomes consisting of about 1000 kilobase pairs. Credit: CDC.

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Health

Syphilis is a complex sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. (references)

This condition was initially thought to be associated with infectious agents (such as Treponema pertenue and Treponema pallidum which cause inflammation of the central nervous system) and with chronic nutritional deficiencies (such as avitaminosis) or exposure to potentially toxic foods (such as bitter cassava). (references)

The general use of refrigerated blood for transfusion is often cited as an important factor in reducing the risk of transfusion-transmitted syphilis, as Treponema pallidum loses its viability within a few days in whole blood stored at 4� C. However, available data indicate that a small proportion of viable organisms may survive up to 96 hours under such storage conditions, and many units of blood are refrigerated for shorter time periods prior to transfusion. (references)

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Expressions using "treponema": genus Treponema ♦ Treponema hyodysenteriae infection ♦ Treponema Immobilization Test ♦ Treponema pallidum. Additional references.

Danish

treponema. (various references)

French

Treponema, tréponème. (various references)

German

Treponema, Spironema, Micro-Spironema. (various references)

Greek 

κοκκιωματώδης τύπος του τρεπονήματος του ωχρού (granulum type of treponema pallidum). (various references)

Italian

Treponema. (various references)

Pig Latin

eponematray

Portuguese

tipo granular do treponema pallidum (granulum type of treponema pallidum). (various references)

Spanish

treponema pálido tipo granular (granulum type of treponema pallidum). (various references)

Vietnamese 

khuẩn xoắn (spirochaeta). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "treponema": treponemal, treponemas, treponemata, treponematoses, treponematosis. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: permeant.

-2 letters: manrope, metopae, operant, operate, prename, pronate, protean, tempera, tonearm.

-3 letters: ampere, arpent, atoner, emoter, enamor, enrapt, entera, entrap, marten, matron, meaner, mentor, meteor, metepa, metope, moaner, moreen, neater, omenta, opener, ornate, parent, parton, patron, pereon, poteen, potman, potmen, preman, premen, protea, remate, remote, rename, reopen, repeat, repent, retape, reteam, tamper, tampon.

+1 letter: permeation, treponemal, treponemas.

+2 letters: hymenoptera, impersonate, metanephroi, metanephros, overpayment, pentamerous, permeations, pomegranate, predominate, prenominate, treponemata.

+3 letters: hymenopteran, impersonated, impersonates, intercompare, overpayments, pomegranates, predominated, predominates, prenominated, prenominates.

+4 letters: compartmented, complementary, hymenopterans, intercompared, intercompares, magnetosphere, pneumatophore, posttreatment, predominately, premeditation, preordainment, pretournament, proximateness, rapprochement, reappointment, spermatogenic, temporariness.

+5 letters: contemporaries, counterexample, extemporaneity, extemporaneous, hyperemotional, magnetospheres, magnetospheric, mercaptopurine, overcompensate, pancreatectomy, pneumatophores, pneumothoraces, pneumothoraxes, premeditations, preordainments, pretermination, pretournaments, rapprochements, reappointments, treponematoses, treponematosis, ultracompetent.