A stage of venereal syphilis,characterized by tissue destruction,central nervous system disease,cardiovascular abnormalities,eye disease,and granuloma-like lesions,is known as ________ syphilis.

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T.pallidum causes venereal (transmitted through sexual contact)syphilis.The clinical presentation of venereal syphilis is varied and complex,often mimicking many other diseases.This disease is divided into stages: incubating,primary,secondary,early latent,latent,and tertiary.Late,or tertiary,syphilis is the tissue-destructive phase that appears 10 to 25 years after the initial infection in up to 35% of untreated patients.Complications of syphilis at this stage include central nervous system disease,cardiovascular abnormalities,eye disease,and granuloma-like lesions,called gummas,in any organ.

A Stage of Venereal Syphilis,characterized by Tissue Destruction,central Nervous System