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The authors report the cases of six immigrated Black Africans with clinical and radiological (4 cases with condensing osteitis ; 2 cases with condensing forms and multiple lacunae) bone manifestations ; these manifestations, the serological tests and the osseous biopsy (three cases out of four) are consistent with the diagnosis of bone syphilis. These facts are discussed and ascribed to tertiary syphilis rather than to congenital or secondary syphilis, to yaws or endemic syphilis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe main problems in identifying Treponema pallidum in tissues are optical definition contrast, and specificity. In general, fluorochrome staining provides optical definition and contrast superior to that obtained by ordinary tinctorial staining, and in theory improved resolution. Specificity is lacking however, as with other stains.
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