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Clinical Study on Syphilis in Abu Dhabi with Special Stress on the Unusual Presentation of the Disease
Author(s) -
El Shiemy S.,
Farid M.,
Saliam T. H.,
AlJamal M. J.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1984.tb05685.x
Subject(s) - syphilis , medicine , treponema , primary syphilis , disease , secondary syphilis , dermatology , presentation (obstetrics) , itching , abu dhabi , surgery , pathology , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , metropolitan area
Seventy‐nine cases of syphilis were the material of this study. Unusual presentations of primary syphilis were found in 42.5% of cases; explanations are given for these findings. Other aspects of the unusual presentations of the disease were studied with special stress on the occurrence of itching in the course of secondary syphilis. The authors emphasize that pruritis as a presenting symptom in the presence of skin lesion suggestive of syphilis should not blind the physician to the possibility that Treponema pallidum may be the etiologic agent.