HIV and syphilis affect similar patient groups and coinfection is common. All patients presenting with syphilis should be offered HIV testing and all HIV-positive patients should be regularly screened ...

Infographic Staging a syphilis infection in adolescents and adults: Selected physical exam findings according to stage of disease June 2024 Infographic Simplified algorithm for clinical syphilis ...

For CMV, it's three to 12 weeks and for syphilis, it's 10 to 90 days. STIs are diagnosed via various types of tests, including blood tests, urine tests, and swab samples. Oral herpes, CMV, and ...

Despite syphilis being a treatable sexually transmitted disease — which untreated pregnant mothers pass on to their infants as congenital syphilis, South Africa has reported 1 739 congenital ...

Cases of gonorrhea and syphilis skyrocketed between 2022 and 2023 in European Union/European Economic Association countries, reported the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC ...

Learn more about syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection. Understand why awareness, early detection and timely treatment for syphilis are essential for the health and well-being of our communities.

Medically reviewed by Jamin Brahmbhatt, MD Despite suspicions about an unfaithful partner, it is possible to get a sexually ...

Bacterial cell pellets obtained from swab elution and MC (500 µL, 1 in 10 dilution) were resuspended in 120 µL PBS for DNA extraction. Bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequencing was performed using V1-V2 ...