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== | ==Intestinal spirochetosis== | ||
===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Very rare cause of diarrhea. | *Very rare cause of diarrhea. | ||
*Caused by ''Serpulina pilosicoli'' and ''Brachyspira aalborgi''.<ref name=pmid14718105>{{cite journal |author=Amat Villegas I, Borobio Aguilar E, Beloqui Perez R, de Llano Varela P, Oquiñena Legaz S, Martínez-Peñuela Virseda JM |title=[Colonic spirochetes: an infrequent cause of adult diarrhea] |language=Spanish; Castilian |journal=Gastroenterol Hepatol |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=21–3 |year=2004 |month=January |pmid=14718105 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *Caused by spirochetes - specifically ''Serpulina pilosicoli'' and ''Brachyspira aalborgi''.<ref name=pmid14718105>{{cite journal |author=Amat Villegas I, Borobio Aguilar E, Beloqui Perez R, de Llano Varela P, Oquiñena Legaz S, Martínez-Peñuela Virseda JM |title=[Colonic spirochetes: an infrequent cause of adult diarrhea] |language=Spanish; Castilian |journal=Gastroenterol Hepatol |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=21–3 |year=2004 |month=January |pmid=14718105 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref>URL: [http://www.jhasim.com/files/articlefiles/pdf/XASIM_Master_6_5_May_Vignette.pdf http://www.jhasim.com/files/articlefiles/pdf/XASIM_Master_6_5_May_Vignette.pdf]. Accessed on: 25 April 2011.</ref> | ||
*Tx: metronidazole.<ref name=pmid17914949>{{cite journal |author=Calderaro A, Bommezzadri S, Gorrini C, ''et al.'' |title=Infective colitis associated with human intestinal spirochetosis |journal=J. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. |volume=22 |issue=11 |pages=1772–9 |year=2007 |month=November |pmid=17914949 |doi=10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04606.x |url=}}</ref> | *Tx: metronidazole.<ref name=pmid17914949>{{cite journal |author=Calderaro A, Bommezzadri S, Gorrini C, ''et al.'' |title=Infective colitis associated with human intestinal spirochetosis |journal=J. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. |volume=22 |issue=11 |pages=1772–9 |year=2007 |month=November |pmid=17914949 |doi=10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04606.x |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Symptoms: watery diarrhea, abdominal pain, +/-blood per rectum. | |||
=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | |||
*Hyperchromatic fuzz on luminal aspect of epithelial cells; at brush border. | *Hyperchromatic fuzz on luminal aspect of epithelial cells; at brush border. | ||
Special | ===Special stains=== | ||
*Silver stains highlight 'em (e.g. Warthin-Starry stain). | *Silver stains highlight 'em (e.g. Warthin-Starry stain). | ||