Alam F, Argiriadou A S, Hodgson T A, Kumar N, Porter S R
Department of Oral Medicine, Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, University College London.
Br Dent J. 2000 Oct 14;189(7):352-4. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4800767.
After many years the incidence of infective syphilis (infection with Treponema pallidum) is increasing in the United Kingdom. This may reflect changes in sexual attitudes and behaviour, altering trends in HIV disease, and increased foreign travel. Oral disease as a consequence of primary syphilis is rare. The present report details two patients presenting to an oral medicine clinic in London, within a 6-month period in 1999, with oral ulceration as their only clinical manifestation of undiagnosed primary syphilis. The oral aspects of early syphilis and the need for dentists to be aware of changing epidemiological trends in relevant infectious diseases are highlighted.
多年来，英国感染性梅毒（梅毒螺旋体感染）的发病率一直在上升。这可能反映了性观念和性行为的变化、艾滋病发病趋势的改变以及出国旅行的增加。一期梅毒导致的口腔疾病较为罕见。本报告详细介绍了1999年6个月内在伦敦一家口腔内科诊所就诊的两名患者，他们以口腔溃疡作为未确诊一期梅毒的唯一临床表现。强调了早期梅毒的口腔表现以及牙医了解相关传染病流行病学趋势变化的必要性。
