Tag: Syphilis
USPSTF Recommends Early Screening for Syphilis in Pregnancy
Using reaffirmation process, USPSTF concludes with high certainty that screening has substantial net benefit
America’s Epidemic of STDs May Finally Be Slowing
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2024 -- The epidemic of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States appears to be cooling...
ACAAI: Most Syphilis Patients With Penicillin Allergy Have Low Risk for Severe Allergy
Authors call for aggressively delabeling these patients to avoid treatment failure
Opt-Out Syphilis Screening in ED Improves Screening, Diagnosis
Increases seen particularly among pregnant individuals
FDA Authorizes First At-Home Test for Syphilis
By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Aug. 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- As syphilis cases surge throughout the United States, the U.S. Food and Drug...
Doctors Seeing More Atypical, Severe Symptoms in Patients With Syphilis
Patients are presenting with headache, hearing or vision issues
Screen Pregnant Women for Syphilis, Ob-Gyn Group Advises
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, April 19, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- All expecting mothers should get a blood test for syphilis three times during...
2016 to 2022 Saw Increase in Rate of Maternal Syphilis
Syphilis rate increased for all maternal race and Hispanic-origin groups, in all age groups, for all prenatal care categories
Recommendations Developed for Tests to Support Diagnosis of Syphilis
Laboratory tests for T. pallidum categorized into nontreponemal, treponemal tests; both needed to help differentiate untreated from past treated infection
2022 Saw More Than 2.5 Million Cases of Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis
Concerns center around syphilis and congenital syphilis, which increased 17.0 and 30.6 percent in one year
