Emily H. Adhikari, MD, discusses a clinical practice algorithm designed to help clinicians evaluate patients for syphilis.

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 ...

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 ...

For decades, syphilis testing meant first screening a patient with a nontreponemal test, such as the rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test, which identifies recent or untreated syphilis but can yield ...

Syphilis is a bacterial infection. It’s also a common type of sexually transmitted infection (STI). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 115,000 new cases of ...

Secondary syphilis is the second stage of untreated syphilis. A non-itchy rash, sore throat, fatigue, joint pain, fever, and wart-like patches are possible symptoms. If you don’t get treatment for the ...