| H01530 | |
| H number | H01530 |
| Name | Pinta; Mal del pinto; Carate |
| Description | 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 |
| Network | - |
| Gene | - |
| Pathogen | Treponema carateum |
| Env factor | - |
| Carcinogen | - |
| Drug | Penicillin G benzathine [DR:D02157] Penicillin G procaine [DR:D02461] |
| Comment | See also H01318 Yaws and H01531 Bejel. |
| Other DBs | ICD-11: 1C1E ICD-10: A67 MeSH: D010874 |
| Reference | PMID:10330597 AUTHORS Engelkens HJ, Vuzevski VD, Stolz E TITLE Nonvenereal treponematoses in tropical countries. JOURNAL Clin Dermatol 17:143-52; discussion 105-6 (1999) DOI:10.1016/S0738-081X(99)00007-3 PMID:26304920 AUTHORS Stamm LV TITLE Pinta: Latin America's Forgotten Disease? JOURNAL Am J Trop Med Hyg 93:901-3 (2015) DOI:10.4269/ajtmh.15-0329 PMID:11825779 AUTHORS Antal GM, Lukehart SA, Meheus AZ TITLE The endemic treponematoses. JOURNAL Microbes Infect 4:83-94 (2002) DOI:10.1016/S1286-4579(01)01513-1 |