In our clinic, quantitative serologic tests are taken routinely on all patients with early syphilis, but these have proved to be of the greatest value in the cases with negative dark-field lesions ...

Interestingly, some patients had negative serological tests despite clear clinical signs of syphilis, indicating that reliance on serology alone may not be sufficient for diagnosis in certain ...

Clinical management of patients with early syphilis has been, and remains a clinical challenge. Difficulties with understanding of serologic tests, treatment options and durations and follow-up ...

He eventually surprised colleagues by leaving the potentially profitable field of serology (developing antitoxins ... the one which causes syphilis. At that time, syphilis was a disabling and ...

Fully automated assays that detect treponemal antibodies and novel point-of-care (POC) diagnostics have significantly impacted the field of syphilis diagnostics. In general, persons with ...

The first section of the report summarises progress in syphilis serological testing since the invention of the Wassermann test through to current nontreponemal (lipoidal antigen) and treponemal tests.

Congenital syphilis cases in Tamil Nadu spiked in 2023-24, raising concerns over data accuracy and treatment availability.