82 citations
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May 2010 in “PLoS neglected tropical diseases” This study provides quantitative evidence that secondary syphilis is highly endemic in Cali, Colombia, and many untreated patients have high numbers of circulating Treponema pallidum spirochetes.
35 citations
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January 2019 in “Clinics in Dermatology” This review discusses contemporary issues in syphilis diagnosis and management, emphasizing the importance of recognizing and addressing both biomedical and psychosocial aspects, but provides no new clinical results.
6 citations
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September 2011 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This report describes a case of secondary syphilis with an unusual folliculocentric papular eruption in an HIV-positive patient, underlining the diagnostic challenges and importance of biopsy with treponemal staining in such cases.
3 citations
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January 2015 in “Dermatology Online Journal” This case report highlights a patient whose essential syphilitic alopecia was the only symptom of syphilis, which improved after benzathine penicillin treatment, emphasizing alopecia as a potential sign of syphilis.
2 citations
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October 2010 in “Reviews in Medical Microbiology” This review discusses syphilis and reports no new clinical findings; it highlights the need for improved prevention and diagnosis to address increasing infection rates globally and in Hungary.