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 ...
EXTENSIVE research in the serology of syphilis during the last decade has resulted in the development of a multiplicity of tests, many of which have had limited practical use. Physicians have scarcely ...
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 ...
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the first at-home, OTC test to detect syphilis — a much-needed diagnostic tool for an infectious disease that has experienced a spike in ...
Cornelis A. Rietmeijer, More Mungati, Peter H. Kilmarx, Beth Tippett Barr, Elizabeth Gonese, Ranmini S. Kularatne, David A. Lewis, Jeffrey D. Klausner, Luanne Rodgers ...
Serology testing continues to be an indispensable tool for the management of several disease states, especially treponemal screening to monitor syphilis infection in the US. Come to this educational ...
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 ...
A single dose of benzathine penicillin G is as effective as three doses for early syphilis, including in people with HIV, ...