Note on a Case of Secondary Syphilis Modified by Enteric Fever

A secondary syphilis rash with scaly target lesions

A 40-year-old man reported a 5-day history of fever and malaise, followed by a pruritic generalized rash. He had well-demarcated erythematous papules and plaques with scaling. The patient was diagnosed with secondary syphilis. The skin biopsy showed a psoriasiform lichenoid dermatitis with plasma cells. The anti-T. pallidum antibody confirmed the presence of spirochetes. He was also found to be...

A case report of CT-diagnosed renal infarct secondary to syphilitic aortitis

BACKGROUND Even though reported cases of syphilis have been increasing, cases of tertiary syphilis remain extremely rare. The majority of our knowledge with regard to complications of syphilis such as aortitis was acquired before the advent of relatively modern technologies such as CT, MRI and PET. This case report presents a rare case of syphilitic aortitis associated with a renal infarct caus...

Note of a Case of Secondary Syphilis Communicated by an Infant to Its Nurse

Early malignant syphilis*

Early malignant syphilis is a rare and severe variant of secondary syphilis. It is clinically characterized by lesions, which can suppurate and be accompanied by systemic symptoms such as high fever, asthenia, myalgia, and torpor state. We report a diabetic patient with characteristic features of the disease showing favorable evolution of the lesions after appropriate treatment.

Specific Fever or Syphilitic Septicæmia

I WISH in the following note to draw attention to a somewhat neglected aspect of syphilis. It is, of course, well known that syphilis is often accompanied or complicated by a rise of temperature : the early periods of the disease?that of sore throat, glandular swellings, eruptions, etc., not uncommonly so. In cases of this type one has usually something definite to base the diagnosis on and the...