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Syphilis
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PATHOGENS
- Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum: a microaerophilic spirochete and etiology of venereal syphilis, a chronic infectious disease
- 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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PATHOGENS
- Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum: a microaerophilic spirochete and etiology of venereal syphilis, a chronic infectious disease
- 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: October 30, 2014
Citation
Ghanem, Khalil G, and Lisa A Spacek. "Syphilis." Johns Hopkins HIV Guide, 2014. Johns Hopkins Guide, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545197/all/Syphilis.
Ghanem KG, Spacek LA. Syphilis. Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. 2014. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545197/all/Syphilis. Accessed January 24, 2020.
Ghanem, K. G., & Spacek, L. A. (2014). Syphilis. In Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. Available from https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545197/all/Syphilis
Ghanem KG, Spacek LA. Syphilis [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. ; 2014. [cited 2020 January 24]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545197/all/Syphilis.
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