Patient #
|
Inoculum type
|
Culture fluid
|
Dieterle
|
Bb polyclonal immunostain*
|
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3
|
Skin
|
Motile spirochetes
|
Spirochetes
|
Positive**
|
3
|
Blood
|
Motile bacteria
|
Spirochetes
|
Positive
|
4
|
Skin
|
Motile spirochetes
|
Not submitted
|
Not submitted
|
4
|
Blood
|
Motile bacteria
|
Not submitted
|
Not submitted
|
6
|
Skin***
|
Little growth observed
|
Spirochetes
|
Positive
|
7
|
Blood
|
Spherules
|
Spherules
|
Positive
|
8
|
Blood
|
Spherules
|
Spirochetes
|
Positive
|
8
|
Vaginal
|
Motile spherules
|
Spherules
|
Positive
|
9
|
Skin
|
Little growth, single long motile spirochete
|
Not submitted
|
Not submitted
|
13
|
Skin
|
Spherules/motile elongated bacteria
|
Spirochetes/ spherules
|
Positive
|
13
|
Blood
|
Spherules
|
Spirochetes/ spherules
|
Positive
|
14
|
Blood
|
Spherules
|
Not submitted
|
Not submitted
|
14
|
Vaginal
|
Motile spirochetes
|
Not submitted
|
Not submitted
|
17
|
Blood
|
Spherules
|
Spirochetes/ spherules
|
Positive
|
21
|
Skin
|
Spherules/ spirochetes
|
Not submitted
|
Not submitted
|
21
|
Vaginal
|
Motile spherules
|
Spherules
|
Positive
|
24
|
Blood
|
Spherules/ Motile bacteria
|
Not submitted
|
Not submitted
|
24
|
Vaginal
|
Motile spirochetes
|
Not submitted
|
Not submitted
|
- *Anti-Bb immunostaining performed at McClain Laboratory, Smithtown, NY, except for the skin culture from patient 3.
- **Anti-Bb immunostaining performed at the University of New Haven, West Haven, CT.
- ***SEM revealed well-defined spirochetes with periplasmic flagella.