Infants whose mothers had syphilis during pregnancy were studied to determine how often exposed newborns with normal physical examinations and nonreactive nontreponemal serologic tests had abnormal ...

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 ...

All pregnant women should undergo early screening for syphilis, according to an updated recommendation statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). This newest guidance reaffirms the ...

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 ...

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Background: To evaluate the process of providing routine syphilis screening to antenatal care (ANC) clients at primary healthcare clinics in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Goal: To document the ...

Objectives To determine the costs of Rapid Syphilis Test (RSTs) as compared with rapid plasma reagin (RPR) when implemented in a Tanzanian setting, and to determine the relative impact of a quality ...

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 ...