Syphilis and Local Contagious Disorders

Syphilis and Pseudo-Syphilis

Congenital Syphilis

Two cases of congenital syphilis was presented and few aspect of the disease and its treatment was discussed.

Familial investigation in syphilis; a review of 670 families in whom the original patient suffered from a form of syphilis other than the acquired contagious type.

While numerous publications, especially in the United States of America, have dealt with the results of contact-investigation in acquired contagious syphilis, little has been written about the familial contacts of patients suffering from congenital, latent, or late acquired syphilis. Solomon and Solomon (1922), in examining 336 marital partners of 555 patients with late acquired syphilis, found...

Diagnosis of Tempromandibular Disorders Using Local Binary Patterns

Background: Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) might be manifested as structural changes in bone through modification, adaptation or direct destruction. We propose to use Local Binary Pattern (LBP) characteristics and histogram-oriented gradients on the recorded images as a diagnostic tool in TMD assessment.Material and Methods: CBCT images of 66 patients (132 joints) with TMD and 66 normal...

Contagious Cancer

Although cancer can on occasion be caused by infectious agents such as specific bacteria, parasites, and viruses, it is not generally considered a transmissible disease. In rare circumstances, however, direct communication from one host to another has been documented. The Tasmanian devil is now threatened with extinction in the wild because of a fatal transmissible cancer, devil facial tumor di...