Demonstration of Treponema pallidum Using Dark-Field Microscopy
网页Treponema pallidum is a thin, delicate, tightly wound spirochaete that cannot be seen in Gram-stained smears. So, dark-field microscopy is used to demonstrate the presence of motile Treponema pallidum in lesions or aspirates in early …
Treponema pallidum, the syphilis spirochete: making a living …
网页2016年10月10日 · Treponema pallidum, the causative agent of syphilis, is extremely well adapted to its host. In this Review, Radolf and colleagues discuss how this pathogen has streamlined its cell envelope...
Dark ground microscopy for identification of Treponema pallidum
网页2022年9月3日 · Demonstration of Treponema pallidum under the dark ground microscope is a rapid onsite method for diagnosis in early syphilis. The steps involve obtaining patient consent, specimen collection from an infective lesion of early syphilis, the adjustments of dark field microscope, and identification of treponemes by virtue of their characteristic ...
Syphilis - Nature Reviews Disease Primers
网页2017年10月12日 · c | Fluorescence microscopy images showing that human syphilitic serum (HSS) dramatically enhances opsonophagocytosis of T. pallidum by purified human peripheral blood monocytes compared with...
3.2.5 Dark‐Field Microscopy for Treponema pallidum | 3.2 …
网页2023年5月9日 · Dark‐field microscopy is used to demonstrate the presence of motile spirochetes of Treponema pallidum in lesions or aspirates in early‐stage (primary or secondary) syphilis prior to healing of lesions…
Cellular Architecture of Treponema pallidum: Novel Flagellum ...
网页2010年11月5日 · High resolution cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) was utilized to visualize Treponema pallidum, the causative agent of syphilis, at the molecular level. Three-dimensional (3-D) reconstructions from 304 infectious organisms revealed unprecedented cellular structures of this unusual member in the spirochetal family.
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网页Using a dark field microscopy technique, this photomicrograph revealed the presence of Treponema pallidum spirochetes, which are the bacterial agents responsible for causing syphilis. “A diagnosis of syphilis is confirmed by using dark field microscopy to demonstrate T. pallidum in material from suspected lesions, or regional lymph nodes ...
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网页Under a magnification of 400X, this photomicrograph reveals the presence of a Treponema pallidum bacterium, using the dark field microscopy technique, which involves the application of light rays in an oblique manner to microscopic specimens, in order to illuminate these organisms, which are normally difficult to see using normal lighting ...
Dark ground microscopy for identification of Treponema pallidum
网页2022年9月3日 · Direct detection methods for Treponema pallidum include dark-field microscopy (DFM), direct fluorescence antibody (DFA) testing, immunohistochemistry (IHC), and nucleic acid amplification...
Treponema pallidum - UpToDate
网页Using a darkfield microscopy technique, this photomicrograph revealed the presence of Treponema pallidum spirochetes, which are the bacterial agents that cause syphilis.
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