Emily H. Adhikari, MD, discusses a clinical practice algorithm designed to help clinicians evaluate patients for syphilis.

A comparative study of γM-fluorescent treponemal antibody (γM-FTA-ABS), routine FTA-ABS and γG-FTA-ABS, Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) antibody levels, as well as total serum γM globulin ...

Infants whose mothers had syphilis during pregnancy were studied to determine how often exposed newborns with normal physical examinations and nonreactive nontreponemal serologic tests had abnormal ...

All pregnant women should undergo early screening for syphilis, according to an updated recommendation statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). This newest guidance reaffirms the ...

Genital ulcers could be one of many sexually transmitted diseases or an infection that is not transmitted by sex. An expert walks you through a case. This is the first of a three-part series on ...

Causes of syphilis: Besides sexual contact, syphilis can spread through the placenta from the mother to the foetus, blood transfusion and direct contact with an open lesion (Image: Canva) Syphilis is ...