In 2018, there were more than 115,000 syphilis cases in the U.S. Texas topped the list for the most cases of congenital syphilis in the country with 367 cases or 92.2 per 100,000 live births.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) - Doctors say cases of congenital syphilis are climbing - now at numbers that are the highest the U.S. has seen in decades. The disease can cause abnormalities and even ...

Syracuse, NY -- There are nearly 30 times more cases of syphilis in Onondaga County than there were 20 years ago, according ...

Pregnancy itself does not seem to alter the clinical progression of syphilis in the female: As in the nonpregnant woman, the primary lesion (Fig. 2) can appear 10 to 90 days after the causative ...

Pima County has one of the highest rates of congenital syphilis in the nation and its health department is urging widespread testing, particularly for pregnant women who are at risk of a ...

Of infants born to mothers with primary or secondary syphilis, up to 50% will be premature, stillborn, or die in the neonatal period; further, most of these children are born with congenital ...

Concerningly cases of syphilis, an STI most commonly associated with the Victorian era have continued to rise. If left untreated, syphilis can cause serious and potentially life-threatening ...

an RDT can be used to increase access to testing or for prenatal screening to prevent congenital syphilis. In settings where non-treponemal tests, such as the RPR test, are available, it might be ...

She had been born with complex congenital heart defects: parts of the right side of her heart hadn’t developed, and there were multiple holes in the organ. Her prognosis was grim — doctors ...

It is a complication of the sexually transmitted disease syphilis. Neurosyphilis can develop at any stage of syphilis. Neurosyphilis occurs when the bacterium Treponema pallidum (T. pallidum ...

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