Bejel

Pathogen

  • Treponema pallidum spp. endemicum

Epidemiology

  • Arid countries of eastern Med and West Africa

  • Spread by direct contact (non-venereal)

Clinical

  • Skin: nodules, ulcers

  • Periostitis

  • Gummas

Diagnosis

  • PCR

  • Serology (exposure)

Treatment

  • Penicillin etc.