Evaluation of the Passive Particle Agglutination Test in the Serodiagnosis and Follow-up of Syphilis [PDF]
R. Castro+4 more
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The Treponemal Complement-Fixation Tests in Probable Latent Syphilis or Biologic False Positive Reactions11From the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology (A. C. Curtis, M.D., Chairman) University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan. [PDF]
Brandon, Ella M.+2 more
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Caracterización de embarazadas, puérperas y recién nacidos con serología reactiva
Fundamento: recientemente se ha observado un resurgimiento de la sífilis en muchos países del mundo. En el hospital provincial de Las Tunas se constata un incremento de la incidencia de serologías reactivas en embarazadas.Objetivo: caracterizar las ...
Mónica de la Caridad Gómez-Galbán+4 more
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Adapting an Artificial Intelligence Sexually Transmitted Diseases Symptom Checker Tool for Mpox Detection: The HeHealth Experience [PDF]
Artificial Intelligence applications have shown promise in the management of pandemics and have been widely used to assist the identification, classification, and diagnosis of medical images. In response to the global outbreak of Monkeypox (Mpox), the HeHealth.ai team leveraged an existing tool to screen for sexually transmitted diseases to develop a ...
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Prevalence estimation in infectious diseases with imperfect tests: A comparison of Frequentist and Bayesian Logistic Regression methods with misclassification correction [PDF]
Accurate estimation of disease prevalence is essential for guiding public health strategies. Imperfect diagnostic tests can cause misclassification errors-false positives (FP) and false negatives (FN)-that may skew estimates if unaddressed. This study compared four statistical methods for estimating the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections ...
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Diagnostic tools for preventing and managing maternal and congenital syphilis: an overview
Syphilis is a major cause of adverse outcomes in pregnancy in developing countries. Fetal death and morbidity due to congenital syphilis are preventable if infected mothers are identified and treated appropriately by the middle of the second trimester ...
Peeling Rosanna W., Ye Htun
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Mutermilch's syphilis serodiagnosis. Palavandov, Matusis (Vr. Delo, 1926, No. 17—18)
A. Weinstein
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Atypical Bartonella henselae neuroretinitis in an immunocompetent patient. [PDF]
We report a case of a 57-year-old immunocompetent male, admitted to our Department due to the loss of visual acuity to the right eye, occurred during the two weeks before the hospitalization, and hyperglycaemia.
ADRAGNA, Floriana+9 more
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Laboratory Diagnostic Testing for Treponema pallidum : Expert Consultation Meeting Summary Report, January 13\u201015, 2009, Atlanta, GA [PDF]
In the last decade there have been major changes and improvements in STD testing technologies. While these changes have created great opportunities for more rapid and accurate STD diagnosis, they may also create confusion when laboratories attempt to ...
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Maternal and congenital syphilis in Bolivia, 1996: prevalence and risk factors
OBJECTIVES: The present study was carried out in seven maternity hospitals to determine the prevalence of maternal syphilis at the time of delivery and the associated risk factors, to conduct a pilot project of rapid syphilis testing in hospital ...
Southwick Karen L.+11 more
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