Intestinal spirochetosis

Intestinal spirochetosis
Other namesIntestinal spirochetes, colonic spirochetosis, colonic spirochetes, brachyspirosis
Histopathology of intestinal spirochetosis, showing basophilic, fringe-like, end-on-end attachment of filamentous densely packed spirochetes on the surface epithelium of the intestinal mucosa. H&E stain.
SpecialtyInfectious 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.

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