We ordered studies to exclude infectious causes, including serum HIV, Borrelia burgdorferi, syphilis, and leptospirosis ... On day 14 of the patient’s hospital stay, CSF qualitative polymerase chain ...

School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney 2007, New South Wales, Australia Australian Institute for Microbiology and Infection, Sydney 2007, New South Wales, Australia ...

Of these patients, syphilis was the primary cause of death in 58%. Late complications of syphilis evident at autopsy included cardiovascular (83%), neurological (8%), and gummas (9%). Additionally ...

Syphilis rates have increased dramatically in recent years, with a large percentage of this increase occurring among MSM and patients coinfected with HIV. Penicillin remains the treatment of ...

The history of syphilis has long been debated, with experts unable to come to a consensus over the origins of the outbreak that rocked Europe in the 16th century. New research reveals the bacterium ...