"However, cultivating Treponema pallidum (DSM 117211) in a petri dish is extremely complicated. We are currently establishing the protocol developed by Professor Norris' group at the DSMZ." Until ...

Of the patients, 67 percent are men. A patient develops syphilis after being infected with Treponema pallidum, a bacterium. The bacterium is transmissible through intercourse, kissing and other ...

Syphilis is a curable sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. The infection can also be passed from a mother to her fetus during pregnancy. As a cause of genital ...

Caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, the contagious infection is usually spread by sexual activity but can also be passed on by kissing. Syphilis patients may develop sores on their ...

Syphilis is caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum and spreads through direct contact with an infectious sore via skin-to-skin contact, mucous membranes and blood, with an incubation period of 10 ...