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*May form ''gumma'' ([[granulomas]]) in the tertiary phase.<ref>URL: [http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/104/1/e4 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/104/1/e4]. Accessed on: 17 November 2010.</ref>
*+/-[[Granulomas]])</ref><ref name=Ref_PCPBoD8_47>{{Ref PCPBoD8|47}}</ref> - ''gumma'' - in the tertiary phase.<ref>URL: [http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/104/1/e4 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/104/1/e4]. Accessed on: 17 November 2010.


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Useful [[stains]]:

Revision as of 02:18, 8 September 2011

Syphilis is the infectious disease caused by Treponema pallidum.

Microscopic

Features:

Useful stains:

Image: Dieterle stain - T. pallidum (WC).

See also

References

  1. Mitchell, Richard; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Abbas, Abul K.; Aster, Jon (2011). Pocket Companion to Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 47. ISBN 978-1416054542.