TY - JOUR T1 - Syphilis: presentations in general medicine JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 184 LP - 188 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.16-2-184 VL - 16 IS - 2 AU - Farai Nyatsanza AU - Craig Tipple Y1 - 2016/04/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/16/2/184.abstract N2 - Syphilis is caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum and can be transmitted both sexually and from mother to child. T pallidum can infect any organ and produces a clinical disease with a relapsing and remitting course. It is not hard to see, therefore, why it is often described as the great mimic. In this review, we provide an update of modern syphilis epidemiology, clinical presentations, and testing and treatment strategies. ER -