Nodular tertiary syphilis in an immunocompetent patient

Acquired syphilis can be divided into primary, secondary, latent, and tertiary stages. About 25% of patients with untreated primary syphilis will develop late signs that generally occur after three to five years, with involvement of several organs. The authors present an immunocompetent female who d...

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Autores principales: Bittencourt, Maraya de Jesus Semblano, de Brito, Arival Cardoso, Nascimento, Bianca Angelina Macêdodo, Carvalho, Alessandra Haber, Drago, Marion Guimarães
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4999118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27579755
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20163837
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author Bittencourt, Maraya de Jesus Semblano
de Brito, Arival Cardoso
Nascimento, Bianca Angelina Macêdodo
Carvalho, Alessandra Haber
Drago, Marion Guimarães
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description Acquired syphilis can be divided into primary, secondary, latent, and tertiary stages. About 25% of patients with untreated primary syphilis will develop late signs that generally occur after three to five years, with involvement of several organs. The authors present an immunocompetent female who developed a tertiary stage syphilis presenting with long-standing nodular plaques.
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spelling pubmed-49991182016-08-29 Nodular tertiary syphilis in an immunocompetent patient Bittencourt, Maraya de Jesus Semblano de Brito, Arival Cardoso Nascimento, Bianca Angelina Macêdodo Carvalho, Alessandra Haber Drago, Marion Guimarães An Bras Dermatol Case Report Acquired syphilis can be divided into primary, secondary, latent, and tertiary stages. About 25% of patients with untreated primary syphilis will develop late signs that generally occur after three to five years, with involvement of several organs. The authors present an immunocompetent female who developed a tertiary stage syphilis presenting with long-standing nodular plaques. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4999118/ /pubmed/27579755 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20163837 Text en ©2016 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited.
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