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The difficulties of diagnosis of neurosyphilis at the modern stage

Лечащий Врач, 2021
At the modern stage in Russia, we can observe the tendency of increase in recording cases of neurosyphilis against the background of reduction of morbidity rate of syphilitic infection in general.
T. L. Vizilo, T. V. Poponnikova, I. F. Fedoseeva, E. D. Vasenina   +3 more
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Improved Performance of ELISA and Immunochromatographic Tests Using a New Chimeric A2‐Based Protein for Human Visceral Leishmaniasis Diagnosis

Journal of Immunology Research, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Summary. Human visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a major public health problem worldwide, leading to significant mortality rates if not properly treated and controlled. Precise identification of infected patients is essential to establish treatment and control measures.
Maria Marta Figueiredo, Anna R. R. dos Santos, Lara C. Godoi, Natália S. de Castro, Bruno C. de Andrade, Sarah A. R. Sergio, Selma M. B. Jerônimo, Edward J. de Oliveira, Ruth T. Valencia-Portillo, Lucilândia M. Bezerra, Hiro Goto, Maria C. A. Sanchez, Caroline Junqueira, Santuza M. R. Teixeira, Flávio G. da Fonseca, Ricardo T. Gazzinelli, Ana Paula Fernandes, Gabriela Santos-Gomes   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Clinical Characteristics and Serological Outcomes of Infants With Confirmed or Suspected Congenital Syphilis in Shanghai, China: A Hospital-Based Study

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
BackgroundCongenital syphilis (CS) is the infection of an infant or fetus with Treponema pallidum. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical features and outcomes of serology reversion in infants diagnosed with confirmed or suspected ...
Yi Dai, Guanpeng Zhai, Shulian Zhang, Chao Chen, Zhihua Li, Wenjing Shi, Wenjing Shi   +6 more
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Investigating latent syphilis in HIV treatment-experienced Ethiopians and response to therapy.

PLoS ONE, 2022
ObjectivesWe investigated people with HIV (PWH) receiving combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) for latent syphilis infection prevalence, risk factors, treatment response, and neurosyphilis.MethodsA prospective follow-up study was conducted on PWH ...
Selamawit Girma, Wondwossen Amogne
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A case of secondary syphilis misdiagnosed as psoriasis vulgaris: Discover the real cause beyond the surface with reflection confocal microscopy and leave the great imitator nowhere to hide

, 2023
Skin Research and Technology, Volume 29, Issue 6, June 2023.
Jianfeng Zhang, Xia Li, Dongmei Shi
wiley   +1 more source

An Audit of VDRL Testing from an STI Clinic in India: Analysing the Present Scenario with Focus on Estimating and Optimizing the Turnaround Time [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Background: Timeliness of reporting is of utmost importance to limit the spread of syphilis. The present analysis was undertaken to evaluate the turnaround time of syphilis testing (mainly Venereal disease research laboratory /VDRL test) in a ...
Bhanu Mehra, Preena Bhalla, Deepti Rawat, Shikhar Saxena   +3 more
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Nodular secondary syphilis in an immunocompetent woman: Case report and literature review

Dermatologica Sinica, 2018
A 46-year-old woman presented with slightly itching, painless erythematous nodules on the face, neck, and genital area. Initial differential diagnoses included cutaneous lymphoma. We performed punch biopsy on her neck.
Jee Hee Son, Sook Young Park, Bo Young Chung, Hye One Kim, Hee Jin Cho, Chun Wook Park   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Performance of Treponema pallidum recombinant proteins in the serological diagnosis of syphilis.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Syphilis serodiagnosis is challenging because distinct clinical forms of the infection may influence serological performance and discordant results between tests make clinical decisions difficult.
Ângelo Antônio Oliveira Silva, Ueriton Dias de Oliveira, Larissa de Carvalho Medrado Vasconcelos, Leonardo Foti, Leonardo Maia Leony, Ramona Tavares Daltro, Amanda Leitolis, Fernanda Washington de Mendonça Lima, Marco Aurélio Krieger, Nilson Ivo Tonin Zanchin, Fred Luciano Neves Santos   +10 more
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Sensitivity and specificity of a syphilis rapid diagnostic test in blood donors’ samples

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) are useful to identify syphilis cases, particularly for hard-to-reach populations and if laboratory services are scarce. However, RDT performance may be suboptimal.
Carolina Arai, Juliano Alves Lemos-Machado, Marcelo Vivolo Aun, Carolina Bonet-Bub, Leandro Dinalli Santos, Angelica Espinosa Miranda, Vivian I. Avelino-Silva   +6 more
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Serological diagnosis of syphilis [PDF]

, 2005
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) Escola Paulista de Medicina Departamento de DermatologiaUNIFESP, EPM, Depto.
Rotta, Osmar
core   +5 more sources