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Descriptor English: Syphilis, Cutaneous
Descriptor Spanish: Sífilis Cutánea
Descriptor sífilis cutánea
Entry term(s) sifílide
Scope note: Lesiones cutáneas debidas a la infección por Treponema pallidum. En la etapa primaria, 18-21 días después de la infección, aparecen uno o más chancros. Si no se instaura tratamiento, aparecen las etapas posteriores de la enfermedad como sifílides. Estas erupciones son roseolas maculares superficiales, no destructivas, exantemáticas, transitorias, que posteriormente pueden ser maculopapulares, polimorfopapulares, o escamosas, pustulares y pigmentadas. (Arnold, Odom, and James, Andrew s Diseases of the Skin, 8th ed, p. 409)
Descriptor Portuguese: Sífilis Cutânea
Descriptor French: Syphilis cutanée
Entry term(s): Cutaneous Syphilis
Skin Syphilis
Syphilid
Syphilids
Syphilis, Skin
Tree number(s): C01.150.252.400.794.840.500.968
C01.150.252.400.840.500.968
C01.150.252.819.790
C01.800.720.790
C17.800.838.765.790
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013591
Scope note: Cutaneous lesions arising from infection with Treponema pallidum. In the primary stage, 18-21 days following infection, one or more chancres appear. If untreated, the subsequent stages of the disease appear as syphilids. These eruptions are superficial, nondestructive, exanthematic, transient, macular roseolas that may later be maculopapular or papular polymorphous or scaly, pustular, pigmented eruptions.(Arnold, Odom, and James, Andrew's Diseases of the Skin, 8th ed, p409)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 13973
Unique ID: D013591
NLM Classification: WC 160
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1994/02/08
Syphilis, Cutaneous - Preferred
Concept UI M0020975
Scope note Cutaneous lesions arising from infection with Treponema pallidum. In the primary stage, 18-21 days following infection, one or more chancres appear. If untreated, the subsequent stages of the disease appear as syphilids. These eruptions are superficial, nondestructive, exanthematic, transient, macular roseolas that may later be maculopapular or papular polymorphous or scaly, pustular, pigmented eruptions.(Arnold, Odom, and James, Andrew's Diseases of the Skin, 8th ed, p409)
Preferred term Syphilis, Cutaneous
Entry term(s) Cutaneous Syphilis
Skin Syphilis
Syphilis, Skin
Syphilids - Narrower
Concept UI M0020974
Preferred term Syphilids
Entry term(s) Syphilid



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