title: [Reached multifocal secondary syphilis: A case presentation].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) related to Treponema pallidum. Secondary syphilis is the blood-borne systemic spread of Treponema.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of secondary syphilis in a patient without risk of STIs factor. The clinical picture began with a genital affection followed by oral erosions and ulcers and an anterior and then posterior uveitis. Serology established the diagnosis and intravenous penicillin G treatment allowed for healing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Called the "great pretender" because of its clinical polymorphism, secondary syphilis can lead to formidable neurological and ophthalmological complications. Serological diagnosis is based on the use of treponemal and a nontreponemal tests. Penicillin G remains the treatment of choice and must be adapted according to the clinical damage.
authors.affiliation: Centre Massilien de la face, 24, avenue du Prado, 13006 Marseille, France. Electronic address: f.campana@centremassiliendelaface.com.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Campana
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, hôpital de la Conception, 13005 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carvelli
authors.affiliation: Service d'odontologie, CHU de Bordeaux, hôpital Pellegrin, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fricain
authors.affiliation: Service d'anatomopathologie, CHU de Bordeaux, avenue de Magellan, 33604 Bordeaux cedex, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vergier
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, CHU de Bordeaux, hôpital Pellegrin, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boralevi
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, hôpital de la Conception, 13005 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaplanski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D021362:Palate, Hard / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013587:Syphilis / Q000473:pathology*; D014210:Treponema pallidum / Q000302:isolation & purification
keywords: Exanthema; Exanthème; Penicillin; Pénicilline; Syphilis; Syphilis serodiagnosis; Sérodiagnostic de la syphilis; Ulcer; Ulcération; Uveitis; Uvéite