Differential Diagnosis Essay – Syphilis and Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)
Differential Diagnosis Essay – Syphilis and Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Case 2 Differential Diagnosis Secondary Syphilis Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the Treponema pallidum bacterium (Fantasia, 2017). If untreated, this infection can lead to severe systemic diseases and or death (Fantasia, 2017). Syphilis can present in different stages such as primary, secondary, tertiary, early latent, and late latent. Characterizations of primary […]