Presternal indurated ulceration: Primary syphilis [2]

Dermatology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 200-202

  Lautenschlager, Stephan ^a   Schwarzkopf, Stefan ^a   Borelli, Siegfried ^a  

^a TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chancre, extragenital; Lues; Sexually transmitted disease; Sexually transmitted infections; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ADULT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFE SEX; SEROLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN ULCER; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CHANCRE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; STERNUM; ULCER;

EID: 32944456067     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090663     Document Type: Letter

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