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Acquired oral syphilis: A multicenter study of 339 patients from South America

2021; Wiley; Volume: 28; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/odi.13963

1601-0825

Bruno Augusto Benevenuto de Andrade, José Alcides Almeida de Arruda, Gerardo Gilligan, Eduardo Piemonte, René Pánico, Ignacio Molina Ávila, Juan Martín Pimentel Solá, Martha Carmona Lorduy, Stella Pupo Marrugo, Angélica Sofia Sánchez Tatis, Laura Werner, Aline Corrêa Abrahão, Michelle Agostini, Luísa Buoro da Silva, Mônica Simões Israel, NATHÁLIA DE ALMEIDA FREIRE, Lucas Ambrósio Lima, Thamiris de Castro Abrantes, John Lennon Silva Cunha, Maria Eduarda Pérez‐de‐Oliveira, Ana Luiza Oliveira Corrêa Roza, Pablo Agustín Vargas, Márcio Ajudarte Lopes, Alan Roger Santos‐Silva, Oslei Paes de Almeida, Flávia Sirotheau Corrêa Pontes, Hélder Antônio Rebelo Pontes, Benjamín Martínez Rondanelli, Mariana Villarroel‐Dorrego, Ronell Bologna‐Molina, Nathalie Derderian, Celeste Sánchez‐Romero, Lucas Guimarães Abreu, Felipe Paiva Fonseca, Ricardo Alves Mesquita, Ricardo Santiago Gomez, Rene Flores, Wilson Delgado‐Azañero, Adriana Terezinha Neves Novellino Alves, Simone de Queiroz Chaves Lourenço, Carolina Coimbra, Giovanni Augusto Castanheira Polignano, José Narciso Rosa Assunção Júnior, Giovanna Ribeiro Souto, Paulo Eduardo Alencar Souza, Martinho Campolina Rebello Horta, Wilfredo Alejandro González‐Arriagada, Mário José Romañach,

Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders

To report the clinicopathologic features of acquired oral syphilis cases in South American countries.Clinical data were retrospectively collected from the records of 18 oral diagnostic services in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Uruguay, and Peru. Serologies of nontreponemal and treponemal tests were used for diagnosis.The series comprised 339 cases of acquired oral syphilis. Secondary syphilis ranked as the most common stage (86.7%). Lesions were more frequent among males (58.0%) and young adults with a mean age of 33.3 years. Individuals aged 20-29 years were most affected (35.3%). The most commonly involved sites were the tongue (31.6%), lip/labial commissure (25.1%), and hard/soft palate (20.4%). Clinically, acquired oral syphilis usually presented as mucous patches (28.4%), papules (25.7%), and ulcers (18.1%). Skin manifestations occurred in 67.7% of individuals, while lymphadenopathy and fever were observed in 61.3% and 11.6% of all subjects, respectively. Most patients were treated with the benzathine penicillin G antibiotic.This report validates the spread of acquired oral syphilis infection among young adults in South America. Our directives include accessible diagnostic tools for proper disease screening, surveillance, and counselling of affected individuals, especially in low- and middle-income countries.