THE CHALLENGING DIAGNOSIS OF SERONEGATIVE ORAL SYPHILIS IN AN HIV-INFECTED PATIENT
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DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2021.03.137
Abstract: Background In people living with HIV/syphilis-coinfection, overlapping of clinical stages and misleading anti-treponemal serologic tests have been described. This is the report of serological (false-negative) non-reactive, polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-confirmed syphilis in an HIV-infected patient.… read more here.
Keywords: diagnosis; medicine; pathology; hiv ... See more keywords
Double Trouble: Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Ocular Syphilis in HIV-infected Individuals
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DOI: 10.1080/09273948.2020.1772839
Abstract: ABSTRACT Syphilis and HIV infection may coexist in the same individual. Ocular syphilis and/or neurosyphilis may develop at any stage of coinfection, with a stronger association between ocular and neurosyphilis in individuals living with HIV,… read more here.
Keywords: syphilis; syphilis hiv; double trouble; ocular syphilis ... See more keywords
Predictors of serofast state after treatment for early syphilis in HIV‐infected patients
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DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12985
Abstract: Non‐treponemal serological tests are used to monitor treatment response during syphilis infection. Syphilis‐ and HIV‐coinfected patients may experience incomplete resolution in non‐treponemal titres, which is referred to as the serofast state. The goal of this… read more here.
Keywords: serofast state; syphilis hiv; hiv infected; syphilis ... See more keywords
P3.106 Uptake of home-based point-of-care syphilis & hiv testing among male partners of pregnant women in western kenya
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DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2017-053264.341
Abstract: Introduction Few men are tested for syphilis or HIV during their partners’ pregnancy, a period of high HIV transmission risk and preventable adverse pregnancy outcomes. Offering home-based STI education and point-of-care (POC) testing of syphilis… read more here.
Keywords: pregnancy; home based; hiv; syphilis hiv ... See more keywords
P579 High prevalence and correlates of syphilis and HIV infection among adolescents of the comarca ngäbe-buglé, panama
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DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2019-sti.652
Abstract: Background The Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé (CNB), situated in western Panama, is home to over 200,000 indigenous peoples; the region has the highest levels of multidimensional poverty in the country. The prevalence and correlates of syphilis and… read more here.
Keywords: prevalence correlates; comarca bugl; sex; syphilis hiv ... See more keywords
Diagnoses of syphilis and HIV infection during the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan
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DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054802
Abstract: Dear Editor, In a recent article, Latini et al 1 described a decline in reported cases of STIs, particularly syphilis, during the spring 2020 lockdown in Rome. Similarly, in Madrid, the number of diagnosed STIs… read more here.
Keywords: hiv infection; pandemic taiwan; infection covid; diagnoses syphilis ... See more keywords
High Prevalence of Syphilis and Syphilis/HIV Coinfection among Men Who Have Sex with Men Who Attend Meeting Places in Mexico
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DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12030356
Abstract: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately affected by syphilis, HIV, and syphilis/HIV coinfection. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) prevents HIV transmission but does not impede the spread or acquisition of syphilis. Information about syphilis/HIV… read more here.
Keywords: prevalence syphilis; hiv coinfection; syphilis; syphilis hiv ... See more keywords