title: Gastric syphilis.
abstract: A sexually transmitted disease is seldom considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with clinical gastritis. A patient with gastric syphilis is reported to alert emergency department physicians to this entity. History and physical findings of syphilis should be sought and rapid plasma reagin tests should be obtained in the patient with severe or refractory gastritis.
authors.affiliation: University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kolb
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Woodward
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009325:Nausea / Q000382:microbiology; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013587:Syphilis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis; D014839:Vomiting / Q000382:microbiology