Due to changes in sexual behavior, a new approach to clinically evaluating sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) is needed in order to detect primary and secondary findings in sites which are not ...

A 23-year-old man presented to our dermatology department with a 2-month history of a painless, nonpruritic ulcer on his right thumb ( [Figure 1A] [1]). He reported sex with men and a history of HIV.

Causes of syphilis: Besides sexual contact, syphilis can spread through the placenta from the mother to the foetus, blood transfusion and direct contact with an open lesion (Image: Canva) Syphilis is ...

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that develops in stages, and symptoms vary depending on the stage of the disease you have. There are four stages of syphilis: primary, secondary, ...

The differential diagnosis includes chancroid, herpes simplex, tuberculous chancre, deep mycoses, squamous cell carcinoma, traumatic ulcer, aphthous stomatitis and Behçet syndrome. 3 Without treatment ...

Syphilis is a well known sexually transmitted infection (STI), which is most commonly transmitted by having unprotected sex with someone who's infected. It should not be taken for granted as if left ...

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