An Unusual Case of Syphilis With Abdominal Pain

Syphilis is a multisystem infection caused by Treponema pallidum, a common sexually transmitted bacterium. The different stages and associated signs of syphilis are well characterized. We present an atypical case of syphilis in a 27-year-old female with hepatitis and gastritis. The diagnostic criter...

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Autores principales: Dourra, Mohsen, Mussad, Shiab, Capatina-Rata, Ana M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8407414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34513412
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16806
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description Syphilis is a multisystem infection caused by Treponema pallidum, a common sexually transmitted bacterium. The different stages and associated signs of syphilis are well characterized. We present an atypical case of syphilis in a 27-year-old female with hepatitis and gastritis. The diagnostic criteria for syphilitic hepatitis and gastritis are discussed here, along with endoscopic and clinical findings, treatment, and a brief literature review.
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spelling pubmed-84074142021-09-09 An Unusual Case of Syphilis With Abdominal Pain Dourra, Mohsen Mussad, Shiab Capatina-Rata, Ana M Cureus Internal Medicine Syphilis is a multisystem infection caused by Treponema pallidum, a common sexually transmitted bacterium. The different stages and associated signs of syphilis are well characterized. We present an atypical case of syphilis in a 27-year-old female with hepatitis and gastritis. The diagnostic criteria for syphilitic hepatitis and gastritis are discussed here, along with endoscopic and clinical findings, treatment, and a brief literature review. Cureus 2021-08-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8407414/ /pubmed/34513412 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16806 Text en Copyright © 2021, Dourra et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8407414/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16806
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