Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by bacteria. There are four stages of syphilis. The infection is ...

Even with appropriate treatment of syphilis during pregnancy, fetal infection may still occur in up to 14% of cases. Treating syphilis during pregnancy can be difficult due to physiologic changes ...

STD Testing Clinics examined news reports, academic research, and government data to explain why STI rates in the United ...

Cases of syphilis have increased in Missouri over 600% since 2013. Often, it is diagnosed late. Black Missourians are ...

At this stage, untreated syphilis can be serious enough to cause death. "These are readily treatable and readily curable infections that have long-term consequences - particularly syphilis," Dr ...

Those who took the common antibiotic, doxycycline, within 72 hours of having sex cut their chances of contracting syphilis and chlamydia by up to 80 per cent. Experts suggested it could be a vital ...

Pregnancy itself does not seem to alter the clinical progression of syphilis in the female: As in the nonpregnant woman, the primary lesion (Fig. 2) can appear 10 to 90 days after the causative ...

Doctors usually like to wait ten years before declaring a case of syphilis cured. But last week the medical team which first used penicillin in human syphilis announced that the first four ...

4. Seek treatment promptly: If you suspect you have syphilis or test positive, early treatment with antibiotics (usually penicillin) can cure the infection and prevent complications. For pregnant ...

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has reported a 15.34% rise in syphilis diagnoses in Ireland during the same 44-week ...

But there's evidence that 15th-century colonialists spread Syphilis worldwide. Syphilis and Christopher Columbus have more in common than you might think. Both touched down on new continents and ...