Late-stage syphilis
Description of the disease
Symptoms
Syphilis – a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. Late syphilis is often asymptomatic, with the presence of the causative agent detected only through serological blood tests.
Source | Author Doctor Nikas Samuolis, reviewed by Prof. Virginijus Šapoka | Vilnius University | Faculty of Medicine | Head of the Department of Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, and Oncology