title: A non-healing syphilid: Another face of the great imitator.
abstract: The global re-emergence of syphilis is an exigent public health issue requiring both clinicians and public health practitioners to become familiar with the myriad manifestations of this great imitator. This report describes a case of an originally undiagnosed chronic oral syphilitic chancre, subsequently confirmed by both PCR and immunohistochemistry.
authors.affiliation: Otolaryngology Department, Thompson General Hospital, Thompson, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Anid
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Raddy Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Isaac
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Max Rady College of Medicine, Raddy Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Carla R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Penner
authors.affiliation: Cadham Provincial Public Health Laboratory, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Max Rady College of Medicine, Raddy Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van Caeseele
authors.affiliation: Syphilis Diagnostics and Vaccine Preventable Bacterial Diseases, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Raymond S W
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Tsang
authors.affiliation: Cadham Provincial Public Health Laboratory, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Max Rady College of Medicine, Raddy Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Department Immunology, Max Rady College of Medicine, Raddy Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
authors.forename: Kamran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kadkhoda
keywords: Oral; Syphilis; Ulcer