Higher rapid plasma reagin, or RPR, titers at diagnosis and a diagnosis made in more recent years are associated with serological treatment response in patients living with HIV who are diagnosed with ...
An alert from U.S. health authorities about recipients of COVID-19 vaccines recording false positive results for syphilis has been misconstrued online. According to some social media users, the Food ...
Oral cefixime yielded similar rates of treatment success for early syphilis when compared with penicillin, according to preliminary results of a small randomized trial. At 3 or 6 months post-treatment ...
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 ...
Syphilis Test Close to one-third of sexually active HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) have not received syphilis screening in the past 12 months. Approximately one-third of men who are HIV ...
Sharmistha Mishra, Stephen Moses, Prakash K. Hanumaiah, Reynold Washington, Michel Alary, B. M. Ramesh, Shajy Isac and James F. Blanchard Objectives: To measure the determinants of syphilis among ...
Syphilis testing typically requires obtaining a blood sample and sending it to a lab. The wait for results ranges from hours to days. The FDA has authorized a new at-home syphilis test, a ...