Johns Hopkins HIV Guide
Syphilis
PATHOGENS
- Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum: a microaerophilic spirochete and etiology of syphilis, a chronic bacterial infection.[1][13]
- Invades CNS and causes congenital infection, unlike endemic treponematoses
- Endemic (i.e., nonvenereal) treponematoses: T. pallidum subsp. pertenue → yaws; T. carateum → pinta; T. pallidum subsp. endemicum → bejel.
- Acquisition at a younger age, primary lesion occurs on extremity
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Last updated: August 7, 2021
Citation
Spacek, Lisa A, and Khalil G Ghanem. "Syphilis." Johns Hopkins HIV Guide, 2021. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545197/all/Syphilis.
Spacek LA, Ghanem KG. Syphilis. Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. 2021. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545197/all/Syphilis. Accessed June 1, 2023.
Spacek, L. A., & Ghanem, K. G. (2021). Syphilis. In Johns Hopkins HIV Guide https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545197/all/Syphilis
Spacek LA, Ghanem KG. Syphilis [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. ; 2021. [cited 2023 June 01]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545197/all/Syphilis.
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