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Gestational and congenital syphilis: gaps to be elucidated

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2023
Congenital and gestational syphilis are increasingly prevalent multisystemic infections in Brazil. This study aimed to present a case series of three children diagnosed with congenital syphilis even though their mother had unreactive treponemal tests ...
Déborah Esteves Carvalho, João Victor Andrade Pimentel, Luise Oliveira Ribeiro da Silva, Letícia Maria Cardoso Lima Rodrigues, Leonardo Santana Andrade, Carlos Ramon Costa Santana, Marcelo Antônio Silva Menezes, Eloyse Emanuelle Nunes Silva, Gabryelle Eduarda Gama dos Santos, Sayron Natanael Lopes Pereira Santos, Breno Gustavo do Nascimento Gomes, Letícia Almeida Meira, Helga Machado de Farias Santos, Izailza Matos Dantas Lopes   +13 more
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Relation between syphilis cases and sex education of women in a family health unit in the city of Lauro de Freitas

Revista Internacional de Educação e Saúde, 2021
OBJECTIVE: To verify the relation between syphilis cases and sex education in a Family Health Unit in the city of Lauro de Freitas. METHOD: This was a cross-sectional study, approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Metropolitan Union for the ...
Juliana Fernandes Oliveira, Bruna Meyer C. Martins Macedo, Anne Moreira Cordeiro, Karoline Freitas Magalhães, Catarina Ferreira Freitas, Amanda Queiroz Lemos   +5 more
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Role of IgM testing in the diagnosis and post-treatment follow-up of syphilis: a prospective cohort study

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives The diagnosis of repeat syphilis and its follow-up remains challenging. We aimed to investigate if IgM testing may assist in the diagnosis of syphilis reinfection/relapse and its treatment follow-up.Methods This substudy was conducted in the ...
Tania Crucitti, Irith De Baetselier, Hilde Smet, Kara K Osbak, Achilleas Tsoumanis, Marjan Van Esbroek, Chris R Kenyon   +6 more
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Nodular tertiary syphilis in an immunocompetent patient [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2016
: Acquired syphilis can be divided into primary, secondary, latent, and tertiary stages. About 25% of patients with untreated primary syphilis will develop late signs that generally occur after three to five years, with involvement of several organs. The
Maraya de Jesus Semblano Bittencourt, Arival Cardoso de Brito, Bianca Angelina Macêdodo Nascimento, Alessandra Haber Carvalho, Marion Guimarães Drago   +4 more
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Sensitivity and specificity of point-of-care rapid combination syphilis-HIV-HCV tests. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
New rapid point-of-care (POC) tests are being developed that would offer the opportunity to increase screening and treatment of several infections, including syphilis.
Kristen L Hess, Dennis G Fisher, Grace L Reynolds   +2 more
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Progress towards the elimination of vertical transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B in 21 high-burden countries. [PDF]

J Int AIDS Soc
Abstract Introduction Elimination of mother‐to‐child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B by 2030 is a global goal endorsed by countries. To achieve EMTCT, countries need to meet targets for programme and impact indicators. Methods We examined progress and gaps in service delivery across the three infections among 21 countries with a ...
Taylor MM, Tohme RA, McDonald R, Montandon M.   +3 more
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A case of secondary syphilis mimicking palmoplantar psoriasis in HIV infected patient [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2015
Due to diverse clinical and histopathological presentations, diagnosis of secondary syphilis can occasionally prove challenging. Variable clinical presentations of secondary syphilis in HIV disease may result in an incorrect diagnosis and an ...
Maraya de Jesus Semblano Bittencourt, Arival Cardoso de Brito, Bianca Angelina Macêdo do Nascimento, Alessandra Haber Carvalho, Manoel Dias do Nascimento   +4 more
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Papulonodular secondary syphilis: a rare clinic presentation confirmed by serologic and histologic exams [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2016
: Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum and divided into three stages according to the duration of the disease: primary, secondary and tertiary.
John Verrinder Veasey, Rute Facchini Lellis, Maria Fernanda Feitosa de Camargo Boin, Pedro Loureiro Porto, Jessica Chia Sin Chen   +4 more
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Failure to recognize Low non-treponemal titer syphilis infections in pregnancy May lead to widespread under-treatment

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Objectives: Rates of maternal syphilis have increased five-fold in Brazil in the past decade. While penicillin remains the only appropriate treatment for maternal syphilis, we hypothesized that low non-treponemal titers (
Emma Jane Swayze, Karin Nielsen-Saines, Eddy R Segura, Eduardo Saad, Dahai Yue, Warren Scott Comulada, Mary Catherine Cambou   +6 more
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Diagnosis of treponemal co‐infection in HIV‐infected West Africans [PDF]

Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2012
AbstractObjectives To evaluate the performance of two enzyme immunoassays (EIA), Murex and ICE, and the Determine TP point‐of‐care test (POCT) in diagnosing treponemal infection (syphilis or yaws) in patients attending a large HIV clinic in Ghana; to determine the prevalence of treponemal co‐infections; and to characterise demographic and clinical ...
Yaasir, Mamoojee, Grace, Tan, Sandra, Gittins, Stephen, Sarfo, Lisa, Stephenson, David, Carrington, George, Bedu-Addo, Richard, Phillips, Lambert T, Appiah, David, Chadwick   +9 more
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