ICD-11 definition : A disease caused by an infection with the gram-negative bacteria Treponema pallidum
pallidum. This disease is characterized by gummas, neurological abnormalities, or
cardiac abnormalities. Clinical signs normally manifest approximately 3-15 years after
initial infection. Transmission is commonly by sexual contact.;
ICD-11 synonym : late tertiary syphilis; late syphilis, unspecified; Tertiary syphilis;
A disease caused by an infection with the gram-negative bacteria Treponema pallidum
pallidum. This disease is characterized by gummas, neurological abnormalities, or
cardiac abnormalities. Clinical signs normally manifest approximately 3-15 years after
initial infection. Transmission is commonly by sexual contact.