An Unusual Visit from an Old Foe: Oral Presentation of Syphilis in a Teenage Patient

• Autores principales: Bedirhan Tarhan (Autor), Sydur Rahman (Autor), Diana Halloran (Autor), Jeremy Sites (Autor), Avni Bhatt (Autor), Kathleen Ryan (Autor), Maritza Plaza-Verduin (Autor), Thao Vu (Autor)
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• Publicado: Hindawi Limited, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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The authors report an atypical case of secondary syphilis in an adolescent female presenting to a tertiary-care center with fever, weight loss, oral sores, painful inguinal lymphadenopathy, and transient macular rash. Given the lower prevalence of syphilis in adolescent females, this infection was n...