title: Secondary syphilis presenting as a pruritic dermatosis.
abstract: Three patients had secondary syphilis with severely pruritic skin lesions. This presentation contradicts several modern medical texts in which the lesions of secondary syphilis are described as nonpruitic.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010401:Penicillin G Benzathine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011537:Pruritus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011538:Pruritus Ani / Q000175:diagnosis; D011539:Pruritus Vulvae / Q000175:diagnosis; D013591:Syphilis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D010401:Penicillin G Benzathine