Journal of Infectious Diseases & Preventive Medicine
Open Access
ISSN: 2329-8731
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2329-8731
+44 1300 500008
An 84 year old lady was referred for an Infectious Diseases (ID) consultation when she was detected positive for the Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR) test. She denied history of any genital sore or other sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the past and could not understand how she could have contracted an STI. When she was offered treatment with weekly injections of penicillin, she informed the consultant that she remembered receiving weekly penicillin injections when she was 8 or 10 years old. Detailed inquiry led to a probable diagnosis of non-venereal treponemal diseases yaws or pinta.