Background: Syphilis is a systemic disease from the outset and is caused by the spirochaete
Treponema pallidum. The infection can be classified as congenital (transmitted from mother …

Syphilis is caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum and can be transmitted
both sexually and from mother to child. T pallidum can infect any organ and produces a …

Syphilis is caused by infection with the spirochetal bacterium Treponema subspecies
pallidum. T pallidum is a highly motile coiled organism with tapering ends and 6 to 14 …

There is debate about where and when syphilis originated. Although there are descriptions
of diseases that could possibly represent syphilis in Greek and Roman literature, the earliest …

Syphilis is a systemic disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum. The name of
this ancient but pervasive infection is proverbial to health care providers. The worldwide …

Background The increasing incidence of syphilis and the limitations of first-line treatment
with penicillin, particularly in neurosyphilis, neonatal syphilis, and pregnancy, highlight the …

Syphilis is caused by infection with Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum, a not-yet-
cultivable spiral-shaped bacterium that is usually transmitted by sexual contact with an …

Syphilis. The name of this widespread and ancient disease is familiar to health care
providers worldwide. This name recognition, however, belies the complexity of the disease …

Syphilis is a chronic, multi-stage infectious disease that is usually transmitted sexually by
contact with an active lesion of a partner or congenitally from an infected pregnant woman to …

Setting: Clinics in high-to low-prevalence settings Perspective: Population level Background:
Syphilis is a systemic disease from the outset and is caused by the spirochaete Treponema …