The infection is curable, especially with early diagnosis and treatment. Untreated syphilis can lead to severe health ...

Since 2000, the number of syphilis cases has been steadily increasing. Between 2018 and 2022, cases of the disease increased by almost 80% to 207,000 cases, the highest number recorded since the ...

The preventive value of bismuth for syphilis was made clear in the 1920s by Dr. M. E. Sonnenberg of Poland, who gave bismuth injections to prostitutes for five years, obtained 95% protection.

After latent syphilis, up to 30% to 40% of those who don’t get treatment will progress to the tertiary stage. It usually appears about 10 to 30 years after the original untreated primary infection.

THIS report deals with the therapeutic pitfalls encountered in 125 patients with various types of syphilis who were treated with penicillin at the Massachusetts General Hospital subsequent to Novem ...

Treatment rates among men and women were mostly equal. Patients aged between 40 and 49 years vs those aged 18 to 24 years were the least likely to complete treatment (OR, 0.14; 95% CI, 0.03-0.72 ...

BOSTON — Low-risk patients with syphilis and a penicillin allergy label should be delabeled to avoid treatment failure, according to a poster presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma ...

It was scarcely two years after the introduction of arsphenamine in the treatment of syphilis by Ehrlich when hemorrhagic encephalitis as a toxic manifestation of this therapy was reported. 6–9 ...

New cases of the sexually transmitted infection syphilis have risen again in England, continuing a trend dating back to the early 2000s.