Chancre Topics

• transmissible disease
• initial exposure
• bacterium
• lesion
• ulcers
• six weeks
• vagina
• chancres
• medication
• penis
• syphilis

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This infectious lesion forms approximately 21 days after the initial exposure to Treponema pallidum, the gram-negative spirochaete bacterium yielding syphilis. Chancres transmit the sexually transmissible disease of syphilis through direct physical contact. These ulcers usually form on or around the anus, mouth, penis, and vagina. Chancres may diminish between three to six weeks without the application of medication.

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