Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Higher rapid plasma reagin, or RPR, titers at diagnosis and a diagnosis made in more recent years are associated ...

QUANTITATIVE serologic tests for syphilis have become more widely used in recent years following the introduction of intensive methods of syphilotherapy. These tests not only are useful in methods of ...

The routine diagnosis of syphilis in an asymptomatic individual is by serology, with the testing algorithm varying by country. In Western Europe and Australia, a treponemal test is used for screening, ...

Findings showed 76% of participants in the single-dose group had a serologic response to treatment compared with 70% of those who received the 3-dose regimen. A single injection of benzathine ...

Treponema pallidum, a spirochete, causes syphilis and is spread through contact with infectious lesions or body fluids. An ulcerative skin lesion, known as chancre, typically develops at the site of ...

Genital ulcers could be one of many sexually transmitted diseases or an infection that is not transmitted by sex. An expert walks you through a case. This is the first of a three-part series on ...