The Syphilis After the Year 2000

Syphilis is a systemic disease that initially usually involves the skin and may subsequently spread to almost all internal organs. It has polymorphous manifestations and has been defined by French Dermatologists “la grande mime” because of its ability to mimic many other diseases. If untreated syphilis can be a cause of death many years after infection. Penicillin is still the drug of choice and no documented cases of clinical resistance have been reported.