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(Created page with "<section begin="dermatology" />* Sometimes called ''lues'' * Treponema pallidum * Risk factors ** Men who have sex with men ** Promiscuity ** Unprotected sex * Incubation period 10 – 90 days (average 21) * Has 4 characteristic stages ** Primary syphilis *** Characterised by a special lesion called a ''chancre'' *** Chancres occur at the site where the bacterium enters the body *** It’s a painless, firm ulcer with indurated borders and a smooth base *** Chancres resol...") |
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** Treatment | ** Treatment | ||
*** For prevention, primary, secondary and early latent syphilis | *** For prevention, primary, secondary and early latent syphilis | ||
**** 2,4 million units of benzathine penicillin G intramuscularly – single dose | **** 2,4 million units of benzathine penicillin G intramuscularly – single dose (one 1,2 mill IU vial in each gluteus) | ||
*** For tertiary (except neurosyphilis) and late latent syphilis | *** For tertiary (except neurosyphilis) and late latent syphilis | ||
**** 2,4 million units of benzathine penicillin G IM – once weekly for three weeks | **** 2,4 million units of benzathine penicillin G IM – once weekly for three weeks | ||