Diseases

Chancre

The primary sore of syphilis, a painless indurated, eroded papule, occurring at the site of entry of the infection.

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The primary sore of syphilis, a painless indurated, eroded papule, occurring at the site of entry of the infection.

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

primary lesion of syphilis: do not confuse with CHANCROID (caused by Haemophilus ducreyi)

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History Note

91(75); was see under SYPHILIS 1975-90

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Chancre. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002601. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002601
  2. Chancre. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancre
  3. Chancre. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31789