Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia (Aug 2018)

An unusual giant serpiginous lesion of secondary syphilis

  • Xavier Grimaux,
  • Rida El Ayoubi,
  • Christian Le Clec’h

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20187251
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 93, no. 4
pp. 590 – 591

Abstract

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Abstract: Syphilis is a worldwide sexually transmitted infection caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. Its association with other STIs, including HIV, demands early diagnosis and immediate treatment of patients. We herein report an unusual serpiginous form of secondary syphilis.

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