Question

Treponema pallidum is

• A. Causative agent of syphilis.
• B. The example of spirochaete bacterium.
• C. The causative agent of sexually transmitted disease.
• D. All of the above.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

All of the above.

Treponema pallidum is a spirochaete bacterium that cause treponemal diseases such as syphilis. It is a motile spirochaete that is generally acquired by close sexual contact, entering the host via cuts in squamous or columnar epithelium.