Disease Information for Syphilis
Synonyms:
E 143 145 SYPHILIS, Great Pox, Infection by Treponema pallidum, Lues, Luetic disease, Pox Great, Syphilis, Syphilis (disorder), Syphilis stage unspecified, Syphilis unspecified, Syphilis unspecified (disorder), Treponema pallidum infection
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E 143 145 SYPHILIS, Great Pox, Infection by Treponema pallidum, Lues, Lueti... (more)
Definition:
A contagious venereal disease caused by the spirochete TREPONEMA PALLIDUM.
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Demographics & Risk Factors[next]
- Exposure Factors
- Past History
- Established Disease Population
- Population Group
- Population/Immigrant population
- Occupational Factors
- Event, Activity, Behavioral & Seasonal Factors
- Sex & Age Groups
- Population/Adult/all
- Population/Male
Clinical Manifestations[previous][top][next]
- Typical Clinical Presentation
- AIDS With Anorectal lesions/inflammation
- AIDS with Neurologic Manifestations
- Presentation/ Papular rash face upper arms
- Presentation/Fever in Recent Immigrant/Home country visit
- Presentation/Fever recent Travel/long visit return
- Presentation/Infection complication cardiac severe
- Clinical Presentation & Variations
- Disease Progression
- Course/Acute
- Course/Chronic disorder
- Course/Prodrome
- Signs & Symptoms
- Depressed nasal bridge
- Facial ulceration/ulcers
- Alopecia, beard, patchy
- Alopecia/patchy eyebrows
- Annular lesions rash
- Baldness/Alopecia
- Cold urticaria
- Coppery rash/palms and soles
- Cutaneous granulomatous ulceration/signs
- Cutaneous ulcer/Skin ulcer
- Dysplasia Toenails
- Encrusting Skin Lesions
- Erythematous generalized rash
- Fever and Rash
- Genital rash/lesion
- Hair loss
- Leg Ulcers in Elderly
- Macular rash
- Mucocutaneous rash/signs
- Multifocal skin lesions
- Non-pruritic rash
- Non-scarring Alopecia/balding
- Papular Rash
- Papulosquamous rash
- Perineal/groin lesions
- Plaques/cutaneous
- Polymorphous rash
- Rash
- Rash hand/foot areas
- Rash on chin/infant
- Rash on palms and soles
- Rash oral/anal/vulval areas
- Rash, chronic/Dermatitis
- Rash, macular/maculopapular or morbilliform
- Rash/lesion centrally clearing
- Scalp hair sparse/thin
- Scalp rash
- Sores/weeping sores skin/extremity
- Spoon nails/soft/translucent
- Symmetrical rash
- Chancre
- Condylomata latum/male
- Erosive lesion on glans
- Genital Skin Lesions
- Oral-genital ulcers
- Penile lesion
- Penis Rash
- Penis ulcer/lesion
- Penis ulcer/lesion painless
- Scrotal lesions/ulcerative
- Scrotum rash/dermatitis
- Urethral discharge in Children/male
- Perianal grey mucous patch
- Perianal rash
- Sexually Transmitted Anorectal Lesions
- Large oral/pharyngeal ulceration
- Oral lesion/ulcer
- Painless oral ulcers
- Tongue lesion/sign
- Tongue ulcer
- Ulcerative stomatitis
- Inguinal/groin adenopathy
- Lymphadenopathy
- Lymphadenopathy, systemic
- Hepatosplenomegaly
- Hypertonia
- Inguinal Mass/Swelling
- Active reflexes
- AIDS with Altered Mental State
- AIDS with Seizures
- Anesthetic hypoesthetic limbs/areas
- Argyl-Robertson pupil
- Hyperreflexia/DTRs increased
- Nasal speech/regurgitation
- Near recall/memory deficit/defect
- Chancre/female
- Condylomata latum/female
- Genital lesions, female/Signs
- Painless vulva/vaginal ulcers
- Vaginal Discharge
- Vaginal Discharge in Children
- Vaginal discharge/purulent/leukorrhea
- Vaginal/Vulva ulcers
- Vulva Erosions
- Vulva grey mucous patches
- Vulva Lesion
- High risk sexual behavior/unprotected promiscuous
- Arthritis fever and rash presentation
- Bowing of extremities
- Charcot joint signs
- Legs/anterior bowing
- Saber shins deformity
- Tender/bones (long bones)
- Gummatous nasal lesion
- Nasal ulceration/cutaneous sore
- Nasal/Hyponasal sound to voice
- Saddle nose deformity
- Ulceration nasal septum
- Genital Sore
- AIDS with Fever
- Constitutional symptoms
- Fever
- Fever in Immigrants
- Fever with High sed Rate
- High body temperature
- Malaise
- Multisystem disease/signs
- Iridoplegia/spared accomodation reflex
- Lacrimal gland enlarged
- Miosis/narrow pupils
- Pupillary abnormalities/signs
- Acute Hearing Loss
- Typical Clinical Presentation
Laboratory Tests[previous][top][next]
- Microbiology & Serology Findings
- Serum specific antibodies increased
- Microlab/Agent doesn't grow on artificial medium
- Microlab/Difficult agent to culture
- Microlab/Direct fluorescent antibody/DFA abnormal
- Microlab/Lyme disease (ELISA/IFA) titer
- Microlab/Lyme disease Western Blot positive
- Microlab/Microhemagglutinin treponema pallidum
- Microlab/Treponema pallidum isolation
- Microlab/Ulcer smear dark-field abnormal
- Microlab/Ulcer smear/Immunofluorescence FTA abnormal
- Abnormal Lab Findings - Increased
- Cryoglobulins (Lab)
- FTA-ABS/Treponema pallidum (Lab)
- FTA-Antibody (IgM) (Lab)
- Globulin, serum (Lab)
- Lymphocytes (Lab)
- Monocytes (Lab)
- Monocytosis
- Plasma cells, blood (Lab)
- Sed Rate/ESR/Sedimentation rate (Lab)
- Serologic syphilis test/STS/VDRL/Hinton (Lab)
- Treponema pallidum hemagglutinin (Lab)
- CSF Cells
- CSF Leukocytes
- CSF Protein
- CSF Syphilis serology/VDRL
- Microbiology & Serology Findings
Associated Diseases & Rule outs[previous][top][next]
- Rule Outs
- Associated Disease & Complications
- AIDS Dementia
- Alopecia areata
- Alopecia, syphilitic
- Amyloidosis, secondary
- Aneurysm, pulmonary artery
- Aortic dilatation/ectasia
- Aortic regurgitation
- Aortitis, syphilitic
- Aphthous stomatitis/aphthous oral lesions
- Arthritis, syphilitic
- Aseptic meningitis syndrome
- Balanoposthitis
- Bilateral vestibular failure
- Central diabetes insipidus
- Charcot neuroarthropathic joint
- Chorioretinitis
- Choroiditis
- CNS disease/involvement
- Colitis
- Congenital syphilis
- Cryoglobulinema
- CVA Inflammatory disorders/cause
- Dacryoadenitis, acute
- Dementia
- Encephalitis, secondary
- Fetal infection/manifestation/involvement
- Glomerulonephritis, membranous
- Glomerulonephritis, postinfectious
- Granulomatous hypophysitis
- Granulomatous iritis
- Granulomatous liver/hepatitis syndrome
- Granulomatous periostitis
- Hemiparesis
- Hepatitis, secondary
- Herxheimer reaction to treatment
- Hyperglobulinemia
- Hypersplenism
- Infectious proctitis
- Keratitis, interstitial
- Luetic keratitis
- Meningitis, basilar
- Meningitis, chronic
- Myocarditis, secondary
- Nail dystrophy
- Nasal septum perforation
- Nephritis, secondary
- Nephrosis/secondary disease
- Onycholysis
- Optic atrophy, secondary
- Optic neuritis
- Pachymeningitis, hypertrophic cervical
- Paraplegia, spastic
- Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria
- Pericardial effusion
- Pericarditis, acute
- Periostitis
- Perleche/Angular cheilitis stomatitis
- Primary syphilis
- Proctitis
- Retinitis
- Scleritis/Episcleritis
- Sexually Transmitted Anorectal Disease
- Sialadenitis
- Stomatitis
- Superior vena cava obstruction/syndrome
- Syphilis
- Syphilis meningitis, acute/meningovascular
- Syphilis, secondary
- Syphilis, tertiary/gummatous
- Tabes dorsalis
- Tarsitis
- Testis/Gumma/syphilis
- Thoracic aneurysm/dilated aorta/ectasia
- Ulcer, anal/rectal
- Ulceroglandular syndrome
- Uveitis
- Disease Synergy - Causes
- Synergy/HIV-Aids
Disease Mechanism & Classification[previous][top][next]
- Specific Agent
- AGENT/Blood transfusion/potential spread (ex)
- AGENT/Disease transmitted sexually/potential
- AGENT/Percutaneous transmission agent (ex)
- AGENT/Spirochete (ex)
- AGENT/Spirochete/Borrelia/Treponema (category)
- AGENT/Venereal disease/STD (ex)
- Class
- CLASS/Reportable/CDC/National list infection (ex)
- CLASS/Multisystem/organ involvement/pathology (ex)
- Pathophysiology
- Pathophysiology/Blood-bourne pathogen potential
- Pathophysiology/Congenital infection/predisposition
- Pathophysiology/Organ transplant/infections transferred
- Pathophysiology/Possible sexual spread/reservoir
- Pathophysiology/Adrenal destruction/atrophy/infiltrate
- Pathophysiology/Granulomatous liver disease
- Process
- PROCESS/Great imitators/diseases (ex)
- PROCESS/Infection/agent specific (category)
- PROCESS/Inflammatory/Granulomatous disease (ex)
- PROCESS/Granulomatous Disease
- Specific Agent
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- Synonym
- Synonym/Lues disease
- Synonym
Treatment[previous][top][next]
- Drug Therapy - Indication
- RX/Antibiotic
- RX/Penicillin
- Other Treatments
- TX/Infection/isolation/quarantine
- Drug Therapy - Indication
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