Ancient DNA Analysis Suggests Syphilis Existed in the Americas Before European Contact, Stirring Debate About Origins ...

Several conditions can cause a false-positive syphilis test result. However, healthcare professionals often use two different tests to diagnose a person with syphilis. Syphilis is a sexually ...

Methods A prospective interventional study was conducted in two public-sector ANC clinics in Harare. Clients attending for ANC were screened in parallel for C. trachomatis, N. gonorrhoeae, T.

A NEW decision-analytic modelling study evaluating rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for syphilis highlights that no single testing algorithm is universally optimal. The analysis assessed clinical ...

Economic analysis shows rapid testing is cost effective and can fast-track treatment Three testing algorithms varied in cost effectiveness and accuracy In pregnant women, the risk of false positives ...

This guide is about management of primary, secondary, latent and tertiary syphilis. Some information about neurosyphilis and congenital syphilis is included, however their treatment is outside the ...

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Cardiovascular syphilis, a late manifestation of Treponema pallidum infection, remains a diagnostic challenge, particularly when serological tests are discordant. We report a case of a 70-year-old ...

The traditional syphilis screening algorithm, which involves a nontreponemal assay followed by confirmatory treponemal testing, has been challenged by an alternative approach known as the reverse ...

Dr. Christopher V. Radcliffe (Medicine): A 46-year-old man was evaluated in the rheumatology clinic of this hospital because of arthritis and rash. One week before the current presentation, an episode ...