A 19-year-old girl with painless ulcer in labia majora with everted margins:: (A) Treponema pallidum, (B) Chlamydia, (C) Gonorrhoea, (D) Herpes genital ulcer disease
Answer is A. Ans. is a, i.e. Treponema pallidumThe M/c causes of genital ulcers in young, sexual active women are:* Herpes simplex virus (HSV)* Treponema pallidum (syphilis)* Haemophilus ducreyi (chancroid).In this case, painless ulcer with everted margin leave no doubt that the cause of the ulcer is syphilis (treponema pallidum).Clinical features of genital ulcers