Posted: June 21st, 2017
A patient who recently returned from a camping trip in Montana is hospitalized with high fever and prostration that recurs every 5 to 7 days. Loosely coiled spiral-shaped organisms 10 to 20 mm in length are noted in a Wright-stained smear of the patient’s blood. Which of the following is the most probably etiologic agent?
A patient who recently returned
from a camping trip in Montana is
hospitalized with high fever and prostration that recurs every 5 to 7
days. Loosely coiled spiral-shaped organisms 10 to 20 mm in length
are noted in a Wright-stained smear of the patient’s blood. Which of
the following is the most probably etiologic agent?
A.
Leptospira interrogans
B.
Spirillum minor
C.
Borrelia parkeri
D.
Treponema pallidum
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