Pinta (disease)

Specialty| Infectious disease

Pinta (also known as azul, carate, empeines, lota, mal del pinto, and tina) is a human skin disease caused by infection with the spirochete Treponema carateum, which is morphologically and serologically indistinguishable from the bacterium that causes syphilis. The disease is endemic to Mexico, Central America, and South America.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Signs and symptoms
* 2 Cause
* 3 Diagnosis
* 4 Treatment
* 5 See also
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Signs and symptoms

Pinta, the least severe of treponemal infections being limited to the skin, is thought to be transmitted by skin-to-skin contact (similar to bejel and yaws), and after an incubation period of two to three weeks, produces a raised papule, which enlarges and becomes hyperkeratotic (scaly/flaky). Lesions are usually present in the exposed surface of arms and legs. Local lymph nodes might be enlarged. Three to nine months later, further thickened and flat lesions (pintids) appear all over the body. These generally resolve, but a proportion of people with pinta will go on to develop late-stage disease, characterised by widespread pigmentary change with a mixture of hyperpigmentation and depigmentation that can be disfiguring.[2]

## Cause

Pinta is caused by the bacterium Treponema carateum. It is related to the more well-known T. pallidum, which can cause endemic syphilis.[citation needed]

## Diagnosis

Diagnosis is usually clinical, but as with yaws and bejel, serological tests for syphilis, such as rapid plasma reagin (RPR) and TPHA, will be positive, and the spirochetes can be seen on dark field microscopy of samples taken from the early papules.[citation needed]

## Treatment

The disease can be treated with penicillin, tetracycline (not to be used in pregnant women), azithromycin or chloramphenicol, and can be prevented through contact tracing by public health officials. A single intramuscular injection of long-acting penicillin is effective against endemic treponematoses including pinta, yaws, and bejel.[3]

## See also

* List of cutaneous conditions

## References

1. ↑ "Pinta". Medscape. WebMD. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/225576-overview.
2. ↑ Torok, E (2009). Oxford Handbook of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (first ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 388. ISBN 978-0-19-856925-1.
3. ↑ Fine, Steven. "Treponematosis (Endemic Syphilis) Medication". Medscape. WebMD. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/230403-medication#2.

## External links

Classification|

* ICD-10: A67
* ICD-9-CM: 103
* MeSH: D010874
* DiseasesDB: 13270

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* Infectious diseases
* Bacterial diseases: BV4]] non-proteobacterial G- (primarily A00–A79, 001–041, 080–109)

Spirochaete|

| Spirochaetaceae|

| Treponema|

* Treponema pallidum
* Syphilis/bejel
* Yaws
* Treponema carateum (Pinta)
* Treponema denticola

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Borrelia|

* Borrelia burgdorferi/Borrelia afzelii
* Lyme disease
* Erythema chronicum migrans
* Neuroborreliosis

* Borrelia recurrentis (Louse borne relapsing fever)
* Borrelia hermsii/Borrelia duttoni/Borrelia parkeri (Tick borne relapsing fever)

Leptospiraceae|

| Leptospira|

* Leptospira interrogans (Leptospirosis)

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Chlamydiaceae|

| Chlamydia|

* Chlamydia psittaci (Psittacosis)
* Chlamydia pneumoniae

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Chlamydia|

* Chlamydia trachomatis
* Chlamydia
* Lymphogranuloma venereum
* Trachoma

Bacteroidetes|

* Bacteroides fragilis
* Tannerella forsythia
* Capnocytophaga canimorsus
* Porphyromonas gingivalis
* Prevotella intermedia

Fusobacteria|

* Fusobacterium necrophorum (Lemierre's syndrome)
* Fusobacterium nucleatum
* Fusobacterium polymorphum

* Streptobacillus moniliformis (Rat-bite fever/Haverhill fever)

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