TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 288. Syphilis A1 - Staat, Mary Allen A2 - Rudolph, Colin D. A2 - Rudolph, Abraham M. A2 - Lister, George E. A2 - First, Lewis R. A2 - Gershon, Anne A. Y1 - 2011 N1 - T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e AB - Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum. The organism is a thin, delicate spirochete 6 to 20 μm long that has the appearance of a helical coil on dark-field microscopy or immunofluorescence. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7028325 ER -