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Treponema pallidum is a parasitic spirochaete bacterium. There are different kinds of Treponema pallidum, which cause diseases like syphilis, bejel, pinta and yaws.
The most common disease caused by Treponema pallidum is syphilis, a serious sexually transmitted infection.
Syphilis is treated and cured by taking antibiotics. Usually, the first treatment used is penicillin.Antibiotic resistance has developed to a number of agents.Ceftriaxone, a third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic, may be as effective as penicillin-based treatment.
Pennicilin is still effective, but "the potential of this spirochete to develop additional antibiotic resistance could seriously compromise syphilis treatment and control". view more...
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