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Acquired syphilis: update on clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
Syphilis, an infection caused by Treponema pallidum, transmitted predominantly through sexual contact, affects several organs, causing skin, mucous membranes and systemic lesions.
Carolina Talhari, Kaique Arriel, Marcio Soares Serra, John Verrinder Veasey   +3 more
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Evaluation of a minimal array of Treponema pallidum antigens as biomarkers for syphilis diagnosis, infection staging, and response to treatment

Microbiology Spectrum
Syphilis is a multistage chronic sexually transmitted infection caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum (T. pallidum). Today, syphilis is still endemic in low- and middle-income nations and has become resurgent in many high-income ...
Austin M. Haynes, Kelika A. Konda, Emily Romeis, Janet Siebert, Silver K. Vargas, Michael Reyes Diaz, Amber Phan, Carlos F. Caceres, Lorenzo Giacani, Jeffrey D. Klausner   +9 more
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One-step treponemal vs. non-treponemal antibody antenatal screening, and syphilis serodiagnosis using the traditional algorithm against the reverse algorithm in a high HIV prevalence setting [PDF]

Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine
Objective: No single serology test on its own can confirm a syphilis diagnosis. We assessed the utility of a reactive treponemal test (TT) against a non-treponemal test (NTT), each as a sole indicator of infection warranting immediate treatment and the ...
K. Duri, P. Munjoma, A. Mazhandu, P. Ncube, H. Mataramvura, L. Mazengera   +5 more
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The effects of early syphilis on CD4 counts and HIV-1 RNA viral loads in blood and semen [PDF]

, 2005
Objective: To examine the effect of early syphilis on blood and semen plasma HIV-1 viral loads and CD4 counts.Methods: In a retrospective case-control study, blood plasma HIV-1 viral loads and CD4 counts in cases during early syphilis ( n = 63, 27 ...
Weller, IVD, Copas, AJ, Sadiq, ST, Edwards, SJ, Bennett, J, French, P, Kaye, S, McSorley, J, Kirk, S   +8 more
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Evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of TpN17 and TmpA recombinant proteins in syphilis detection: a phase II study

Frontiers in Microbiology
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the spiral bacterium Treponema pallidum. Diagnosis is based on epidemiology, clinical and serology, but serodiagnosis is challenging because distinct clinical forms of the infection may ...
Ângelo Antônio Oliveira Silva, Ângelo Antônio Oliveira Silva, Ayla Araújo Lima, Larissa Carvalho Medrado Vasconcelos, Rosângela Andrade Almeida, Natália Erdens Maron Freitas, Talita Andrade Oliva, Miralba Freire de Carvalho Ribeiro da Silva, Fabricio Klerynton Marchini, Fabricio Klerynton Marchini, Nilson Ivo Tonin Zanchin, Nilson Ivo Tonin Zanchin, Isadora Cristina de Siqueira, Isadora Cristina de Siqueira, Fred Luciano Neves Santos, Fred Luciano Neves Santos   +15 more
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A novel ELISA using a recombinant outer membrane protein, rTp0663, as the antigen for serological diagnosis of syphilis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
Background: The lack of Treponema pallidum-specific antigens with highly accurate diagnosis makes the diagnosis of syphilis challenging. Methods: A soluble recombinant version of a new diagnostic protein Tp0663 has been produced.
Man Xu, Yafeng Xie, Chuanhao Jiang, Yongjian Xiao, Xingxing Kuang, Feijun Zhao, Tiebing Zeng, Shuangquan Liu, Mingxing Liang, Li Li, Chuan Wang, Yimou Wu   +11 more
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Acroangiodermatitis (pseudo-Kaposi's sarcoma) in an HIV sero-positive patient with syphilis and hepatitis C virus coinfection: clinical and dermatopathological features [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014
Acroangiodermatitis is an angioproliferative disease usually related to chronic venous insufficiency, and it is considered a clinical and histological simulator of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS).
Fred Bernardes Filho, Gustavo Martins, José Augusto da Costa Nery, Cecília Vianna de Andrade, Bernard Kawa Kac   +4 more
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Vasculite leucocitoclástica: mais uma "imitação" da sífilis Leukocytoclastic vasculitis: another condition that mimics syphilis

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2010
A sífilis, doença de importante morbiletalidade no passado, tem ressurgido nos últimos anos, graças, sobretudo, às alterações nos comportamentos de risco.
Fabricio Cecanho Furlan, Aline Pâmela Vieira de Oliveira, Márcia Cristina Naomi Yoshioka, Mílvia Maria Simões e Silva Enokihara, Nilceo Schwery Michalany, Adriana Maria Porro   +5 more
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Comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of a rapid immunochromatographic test and the rapid plasma reagin test for antenatal syphilis screening in Mozambique

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2006
OBJECTIVE: Programmes to control syphilis in developing countries are hampered by a lack of laboratory services, delayed diagnosis, and doubts about current screening methods. We aimed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of an immunochromatographic strip (
Montoya Pablo J, Lukehart Sheila A, Brentlinger Paula E, Blanco Ana J, Floriano Florencia, Sairosse Josefa, Gloyd Stephen   +6 more
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George Higoumenakis (1895-1983): Greek dermatologist [PDF]

, 2009
This paper describes the Higoumenakis sign, enlargement of the sternal end of the clavicle in patients with late congenital syphilis and the dermatologist after whom it is named. Several professors and doctors from the Medical School of the University of
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