Which of the following statements is TRUE of the second stage of syphilis?

A. Spirochetes produce random and localized lesions only in external organs.
B. Spirochetes disseminate from the primary lesion throughout the body.
C. Syphilis may produce paresis, gummas, altered gait, blindness, or lethal narrowing of the aorta.
D. Spirochetes mass and produce a primary lesion, a chancre.
E. Chronic destructive lesions damage the cardiac and neurological systems.


Answer: B

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