Sexually Transmitted Disease

Data on sexually transmitted disease reported by K. Chudomirova and co-researchers

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, May 12th, 2009

"A 57-year-old heterosexual man presented with a 4-month history of apple-sized red-violaceous nodes and smaller infiltrates with central crusted ulcer in the presternal region and tumor-like lesions covered with normal skin on the lateral part of the chest. One node perforated spontaneously with drainage of cloudy purulent fluid," investigators in Plovdiv, Bulgaria report.

"The patient was treated for primary syphilis more than 30 years ago. The diagnosis gummatous cutaneous tertiary syphilis was put on the basis of the clinical features. the positive syphilis serology, and the histopathlogical findings of skin biopsy specimen. The penicillin treatment lead to...

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Source: TB and Outbreaks Week (2009-05-12)

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