Rates of syphilis infection, once hampered by the discovery of penicillin, have been rising in recent years. Researchers recently linked the increase in modern syphilis cases to a pandemic, antibiotic ...

Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) involves taking an antibiotic soon after sex without a barrier method to ...

Electron micrograph imagery of Treponema pallidum, the bacteria that cause syphilis, including a foreground close-up of a single particle (right). Spiral-shaped bacteria are colorized in gold. The ...

The US Food and Drug Administration authorized the first at-home over-the-counter test for syphilis Friday. Until now, people who suspected that they had the sexually transmitted infection had to go ...

Although sexually transmitted infections are still at an epidemic level in the US, scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expressing cautious optimism about some decreases ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2013;11(8):839-843. This group of serofast patients with unchanging serologic test titers are a source of anxiety and concern for clinicians, who are often uncertain as to ...

SEX ED: "Syphilis is a treatable and curable infection caused by a type of bacteria," says Dr. Jennifer Mullendore, medical director for Buncombe County Department of Health & Human Services. Photo ...

In the study, the highest risk of maternal syphilis was found in Black mothers, women aged 24 and under, unmarried women, and ...

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Ingham county health officials are concerned over what they are terming an "alarming" increase in new cases of syphilis reported since Jan. 1. "A recent increase for us, when we are used to seeing a ...