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Evaluation of the Application of Urea Dissociation Treatment to Reduce the False‐Positive Rate of ELISA for Syphilis Detection

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, EarlyView.
Exploring the application of urea dissociation treatment to reduce the false‐positive rate of ELISA for syphilis detection. From January 2023 to January 2024, seven false‐positive syphilis samples were collected from Xi'an Regional Medical Laboratory Centre as the experimental group, five positive specimens as the control group, and five negative ...
Jiao Wang, Bin Li, Haodi Li, Xucai Dong
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Screening for treponemal infection by a new enzyme immunoassay. [PDF]

Sexually Transmitted Infections, 1989
A new enzyme immunoassay (EIA, Captia Syphilis-G) for detecting IgG antibodies against Treponema pallidum was evaluated as a screening test for syphilis. When serum samples were tested at a dilution of 1 in 20 (EIA20), the overall agreement between the IgG EIA and serological status based on the T pallidum haemagglutination assay (TPHA) and the ...
H, Young, A, Moyes, A, McMillan, D H, Robertson   +3 more
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Unveiling Saint Theobald: A Multidisciplinary Bioanthropological Investigation

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Saint Theobald of Provins (1033–1066), a French nobleman who embraced voluntary poverty, hermitism, and pilgrimage, represents an early figure in the medieval ascetic movement. He holds historical significance for the diffusion of 11th‐century ascetic ideals, as a hermit saint associated with the Camaldolese order and venerated across northern
Nicola Carrara, Cicero Moraes, Luca Bezzi, Alberto Zanatta, Luca Pagani, Gilberto Artioli, Cinzia Scaggion   +6 more
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Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and positive treponemal serology in Solomon Islands guest workers in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Objectives: The burden of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Pacific guest workers in Australia is currently unknown. Our study determined the prevalence of chlamydia, gonorrhoea, HIV and treponemal infection in a group of predominately Solomon ...
Mikaela Seymour, Sean O’Connor, Levi Hou, Sarai Tafa, Sarat Tata, Nicholas Smoll, Stefanie Vaccher, Annie Preston-Thomas, Nishila Moodley   +8 more
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Concurrent central nervous system infective pathology in a severely immunocompromised patient

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2016
To our knowledge and literature search, concurrent cryptococcal meningitis and neurosyphilis in a patient have rarely been reported. Here, we report a 37-year-old male with HIV infection presented with headache and dizziness for 5 days along with memory ...
Thein Swe, Bordes P Laurent, Nickul N Shah   +2 more
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Feasibility and impact of online HIV/STI screening addressed to men who have sex with men and transgender women users of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Spain (TESTATE PrEP): a study protocol for a non-blinded randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open, 2023
Introduction The objectives of the study are: to design and implement a pilot intervention to offer self-sampling kits to detect HIV, Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) and Treponema pallidum (TP) among gay, bisexual and other men who
Jordi Casabona, Cristina Agustí, Vicente Descalzo, Marcos Montoro-Fernandez, Yesika Díaz, Esteve Muntada, Maria Victoria González, Gema Fernández, Héctor Martínez Riveros, Jorge García-Pérez, Aida Ramírez-Marinero, Pol Romano-deGea, Silvia G Araujo   +12 more
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Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity caused by neurosyphilis

BMJ Neurology Open
Background Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity (PSH) is a condition characterised by dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system commonly associated with severe traumatic brain injury.
Shuko Fujiki, Masaki Fujino, Akira Machida   +2 more
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Microstructural Evidence for Early Childhood Stress in a Community in Transition at Hisban, Jordan

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 190, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives Identification of stress across infancy and childhood can reflect maternal and environmental influences on early life health. In the 19th century community of Hisban, many infants died before 2 years of age with evidence of metabolic disease, including rickets, that likely ties with maternal health.
Kristina Cockerille, Akacia Propst, Bonnie Kahlon, Daniel Temple, Megan Perry   +4 more
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NEUROSYPHILIS IN PEDIATRIC POPULATION: A REVIEW OF CASES

Arquivos de Ciências da Saúde da UNIPAR
Background: Neurosyphilis is the most severe presentation of acquired and congenital syphilis, it occurs when Treponema pallidum penetrates the central nervous system. This development can occur at any time during the evolution of the disease phases. In
Camila Calado Cabral, Mayara Carolina Cañedo, Luana Rossato, Simone Simionatto   +3 more
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Congenital syphilis as the cause of multiple bone fractures in a young infant case report

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
Background The differential diagnosis of multiple unexplained bone fractures in a young infant usually includes child abuse or bone disease such as osteogenesis imperfecta.
Maria Koliou, Elpida Chatzicharalampous, Myria Charalambous, Kyriakos Aristeidou   +3 more
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