A young man presents to the emergency depament with a maculopapular rash 2 weeks after healing of a painless genital ulcer. The most likely etiological agent is –
Correct Answer: Treponema Pallidum
Description: Syphilis causes genital ulcers and cutaneous lesion of any morphology( macular, papular, papulosquamous, nodular ) but is never vehicular or Bullous. Causative agent of syphilis is Treponema pallidum. From illustrated synopsis of dermatology and sexually transmitted diseases neena khanna 5th edition page no 320
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