A patient with secondary syphilis following incomplete treatment of primary infection.
Journal
The Lancet. Infectious diseases
ISSN: 1474-4457
Titre abrégé: Lancet Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101130150
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2023
11 2023
Historique:
received:
31
10
2022
revised:
06
03
2023
accepted:
24
03
2023
medline:
30
10
2023
pubmed:
7
7
2023
entrez:
6
7
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Syphilis is a bacterial infection caused by Treponema pallidum and is primarily transmitted via skin-to-skin or mucosal contact during sexual encounters, or through vertical transmission during pregnancy. Cases continue to rise globally across various demographic groups despite effective treatment and prevention interventions. We discuss the case of a 28-year-old cisgender man who presented with secondary syphilis 1 month after being inadequately treated for primary syphilis. Individuals can present with symptoms and signs of syphilis to clinicians of various subspecialties due to diverse clinical presentation. All health-care providers should be able to identify the common and less common manifestations of this infection, and adequate treatment and follow-up are crucial to preventing serious sequelae. Novel biomedical prevention interventions, such as doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, are on the horizon.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37414065
pii: S1473-3099(23)00211-6
doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00211-6
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Doxycycline
N12000U13O
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e497-e504Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of interests We declare no competing interests.