A photograph of flat white sores in the mouth characteristic of secondary syphilis.
A photograph of flat white sores in the mouth characteristic of secondary syphilis, a contagious venereal disease primarily caused by the spirochaete Treponema pallidum. The sores usually occur around 3 weeks to 3 months after exposure. Secondary syphilis is the second stage of the disease. Approximately one-third of untreated individuals with primary syphilis will progress to the second stage. In secondary syphilis, the bacteria have spread in the bloodstream and have reached their highest numbers.
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Keywords: contagious, diseases, health, infection, lesions, lues, medical, medicine, mouth, mucous, oral, pallida, pallidum, patches, photograph, secondary, sexually, sores, spirochaeta, spirochaetes, spirochetes, std, sti, syphilis, syphilitic, transmitted, treponema, venera, venereal
