PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Farai Nyatsanza
AU  - Craig Tipple
TI  - Syphilis: presentations in general medicine
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.16-2-184
DP  - 2016 Apr 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 184--188
VI  - 16
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/16/2/184.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/16/2/184.full
SO  - Clin Med2016 Apr 01; 16
AB  - 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.