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What are the three stages of syphilis and their main clinical manifestations?
 
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Which of the following is NOT characteristic of a pulmonary infection caused by a pathogenic fungus?
 
  A. Human-to-human transmission
  B. The fungi that cause pulmonary infections grow in the soil
  C. Inhalation of the fungus that often causes an acute pulmonary infection
  D. May lead to severe progressive pulmonary disease in immunocompromised persons



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Answer to Question 1

Primary syphilis: chancre formation
Secondary syphilis: clinical picture of a systemic infection such as fever, lymphadenopathy, skin rash, and shallow ulcers on mucous membranes of the oral cavity and genital tract
Tertiary syphilis: chronic inflammation of cardiovascular and nervous systems such as scarring of aortic valve; degeneration of fiber tracts in the spinal cord; mental deterioration; paralysis

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