Syphilis- The Great Imitator

Syphilis is an infectious disease with Treponema Pallidum being its causative agent. When not treated it can pass through 4 stages: primary, secondary, latent and tertiary. Syphilis has a broad spectrum of skin and mucosal manifestations and can imitate many other skin disease, hence the name “The great Imitator”. The number of patients infected with syphilis has declined dramatically after penicillin invention. Albania has not had a significant number of cases but eruptions has been seen time after time. Herein, we describe 5 cases of suspected syphilis presented at our clinic.