Treponemal infections occurring in humans comprise venereal syphilis and the non-venereal endemic treponematoses. The non-venereal endemic treponematoses are yaws, pinta, and endemic syphilis. Pinta, also known as mal del pinto or carate, is the most benign of the endemic treponematoses since it affects only the skin. This mild disease is characterized solely by alterations in skin color. Pinta is still prevalent in remote rural regions in tropical Central and South America.
Category
Bacterial infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Other bacterial diseases
1C1E Pinta
H01530 Pinta
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Bacterial infections
Infections caused by spirochaetes
H01530 Pinta
Pathogen
Treponema carateum
Drug
Penicillin G benzathine [DR:D02157]
Penicillin G procaine [DR:D02461]
