Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2013;11(8):839-843. This group of serofast patients with unchanging serologic test titers are a source of anxiety and concern for clinicians, who are often uncertain as to ...

Why do we need these recommendations? Syphilis is a bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) that progresses in stages from a painless sore (stage 1) to a severe disease that may attack the ...

A group of researchers provides guidance for diagnosing and treating syphilis, especially for pregnant women who can spread the infection to the fetus. Following reports from the US Centers for ...

Although neurospyhilis has become a rare disease, requests for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) syphilis serology tests at the Colorado Department of Health have increased in recent years. Because of the low ...

Objective: To review the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of syphilis. Data Sources: Studies and reviews were abstracted from MEDLINE (1950-April 2007) using the search term ...

A comparative study of γM-fluorescent treponemal antibody (γM-FTA-ABS), routine FTA-ABS and γG-FTA-ABS, Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) antibody levels, as well as total serum γM globulin ...

We present a 47 year old female white HIV-1 infected patient with multiple painless rupioid skin lesions, a CD4 count of 155 cells/mm3, positive syphilis serology and a histopathology conspicuous for ...

A FOURTEEN-year-old schoolboy was referred to the Venereal Disease Clinic because of a "positive" routine serologic test for syphilis. Physical examination had been negative, and a tentative diagnosis ...

The Wassermann test (1906) was a powerful weapon in the war against syphilis, but its many laboratory stages made it as slow and cumbersome as a medieval crossbow. What the medical warriors needed was ...

An Iowa State Department of Health laboratory test for syphilis. The object is composed of four parts: a mailing tube, two test tubes, and a form. The mailing tube is made of a cardboard tube with ...