Intestinal spirochetosis

Intestinal spirochetosis
Intestinal spirochetosis
Other names	Intestinal spirochetes, colonic spirochetosis, colonic spirochetes, brachyspirosis
	Micrograph showing intestinal spirochetosis. H&E stain.
Specialty	Infectious disease

Human intestinal spirochetosis, often called just intestinal spirochetosis when the human context is implicit, is an infection of the colonic-type mucosa with certain species of spirochetal bacteria. Similar infections sometimes occur in pigs, dogs, and birds; porcine intestinal spirochaetosis is an economically important disease of livestock.

Signs and symptoms[]

No clear association exists with complaints. However, potential associations include abdominal pain and watery diarrhea, which may be seen with blood; however, these findings are not specific and may be due to a number of other causes.^[1]

Cause[]

Human intestinal spirochetosis is caused by Brachyspira pilosicoli and Brachyspira aalborgi.^[2] Porcine and avian intestinal spirochetosis are caused by Brachyspira hyodysenteriae and Brachyspira pilosicoli.

Diagnosis[]

It is diagnosed by examination of tissue, i.e. biopsy.^{[citation needed]}

Management[]

References[]

^ URL: http://www.jhasim.com/files/articlefiles/pdf/XASIM_Master_6_5_May_Vignette.pdf Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed on: 25 April 2011.
^ Amat Villegas I, Borobio Aguilar E, Beloqui Perez R, de Llano Varela P, Oquiñena Legaz S, Martínez-Peñuela Virseda JM (January 2004). "[Colonic spirochetes: an infrequent cause of adult diarrhea]". Gastroenterol Hepatol (in Spanish). 27 (1): 21–3. PMID 14718105.

[1] URL: http://www.jhasim.com/files/articlefiles/pdf/XASIM_Master_6_5_May_Vignette.pdf Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed on: 25 April 2011.

[pmid14718105-2] Amat Villegas I, Borobio Aguilar E, Beloqui Perez R, de Llano Varela P, Oquiñena Legaz S, Martínez-Peñuela Virseda JM (January 2004). "[Colonic spirochetes: an infrequent cause of adult diarrhea]". Gastroenterol Hepatol (in Spanish). 27 (1): 21–3. PMID 14718105.

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