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Gastric syphilis: The great imitator in the stomach

IDCases, 2018
Syphilis is resurging worldwide. Here, we present the case of a 33-year-old heterosexual man who presented with a 3-week history of epigastric pain, nausea, emesis, and 8 kg weight loss.
Koh Okamoto, Shuji Hatakeyama, Masami Umezawa, Seishu Hayashi   +3 more
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The problem of the diagnosis of early congenital syphilis: a case report

Лечащий Врач, 2021
Congenital syphilis is still a public health concern, and syphilis can go unnoticed in pregnant women, even in developed countries with active antenatal care.
V. I. Surganova, N. V. Polyakova, N. K. Levchik, N. V. Zilberberg, T. A. Syrneva   +4 more
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Syphilis and HIV/Syphilis Co-infection Among Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) in Ecuador

American Journal of Men's Health, 2017
There is a reemergence of syphilis in the Latin American and Caribbean region. There is also very little information about HIV/Syphilis co-infection and its determinants.
Isabel Hernandez RN, MPH, Ayesha Johnson PhD, Miguel Reina-Ortiz MD, MS, MPH, PhD, Carlos Rosas MD, Vinita Sharma MPH, Santiago Teran IR, Eknath Naik MD, PhD, Hamisu M. Salihu MD, PhD, Enrique Teran MD, PhD, Ricardo Izurieta MD, MPH, DrPH   +9 more
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Predictors of Seronegative Conversion After Centralized Management of Syphilis Patients in Shenzhen, China

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the seronegative conversion status of syphilis patients after centralized management and to analyze potential determinants.Materials and Methods: A retrospective population-based cohort study was conducted,
Zhenzhou Luo, Yi Ding, Jun Yuan, Qiuhong Wu, Lishan Tian, Li Zhang, Bo Li, Jinsong Mou   +7 more
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Managing Risk for Congenital Syphilis, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
The recent resurgence of infectious syphilis across many high-income countries has been accompanied by a shift in demographics, including infections increasing among women of reproductive age.
Hannah MacKenzie, Suzanne P. McEvoy, Timothy J. Ford   +2 more
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Estimation of benzathine penicillin G demand for congenital syphilis elimination with adoption of dual HIV/syphilis rapid diagnostic tests in eleven high burden countries.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundWHO recommends use of rapid dual HIV/syphilis tests for screening pregnant women (PW) during antenatal care to prevent mother-to-child transmission.
Sapan Shah, Surbhi Garg, Katherine Heath, Obiageli Ofili, Yashika Bansal, Frederic Seghers, Andrew Storey, Melanie Taylor   +7 more
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Prevention of congenital syphilis: The current state of legislation and public health guidelines

Pregnancy
Syphilis infection among pregnant people and congenital syphilis rates have risen considerably in the United States, leading to adverse maternal and neonatal health outcomes.
Rose Darcy, Laurie Ayala, Maura Quinlan, Danucha Brikshavana, Anne Statton, Irina Tabidze, Helen Cejtin, Jennifer Jao, Sarah Sutton, Nigel Madden, Mariana Espinal, Lynn M. Yee   +11 more
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Evaluating the MedMira Multiplo® Complete Syphilis (TP/nTP) antibody test in a sexually transmitted infection clinic in Ottawa, Canada: increased rapid diagnosis and improved antibiotic stewardship

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Syphilis now affects every population and serology is the mainstay of diagnosis. The issue is that serology has a turnaround time of several days. One solution is point-of-care tests (POCTs), which can provide results in minutes.
Patrick O’Byrne, Riley Dillabough, Kathleen Whyte, Lauren Orser, Vanessa Tran, Venkata R. Duvvuri, Raymond Tsang   +6 more
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MONITORING OF SYPHILIS IN BLOOD DONATIONS: CORRELATIONS WITH NOTIFIED CASES IN BRAZIL

Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy
Background: Syphilis is a public health problem with traditional surveillance limited to clinical monitoring data; asymptomatic and low-risk populations rarely undergo diagnostic testing.
NA Braga, S Mateos, V Avelino-Silva, D Warden, M Ribeiro, L Amorim, P Loureiro, N Fraiji, EC Sabino, B Custer   +9 more
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The prevalence of vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and associated factors among exposed infants in Eastern Lake zone and Southern Highland of Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

HIV Research & Clinical Practice
Background Globally, the rate of antiretroviral therapy coverage for pregnant women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) increased by 38% between 2010 and 2015 but only by 2% between 2016 and 2020.
Peter Richard Torokaa, Loveness Urio, Ambwene Mwakalobo, Godfrey Eriyo, Alex Sifael Magesa, Regnald Julius, Alice Kyalo, James N. Allan, David J. Osima, Focus M. Shao, Joseph Mziray, Leah Mtui, Theopista P. Mbago, Masanja Robert, Mukome A. Nyamhagatta, Michael Msangi, Maro Chacha, Hasra Charles, Grace Denis Mtui, Mtebe Majigo, Agricola Joachim   +20 more
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