Medically reviewed by Kiarra King, MD Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by bacteria and has four stages.Early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment can cure syphilis and prevent ...

Patients aged between 40 and 49 years, heterosexual patients, and patients diagnosed in the emergency department are the least likely patient groups to complete syphilis treatment. Only slightly more ...

Syphilis is a chronic infection caused by Treponema pallidum, mainly spread via sexual contact, lesions, placenta, or rarely ...

The incidence of syphilis is rising across US populations, with congenital syphilis and drug shortages posing major public health and treatment challenges.

Drugmaker Pfizer is warning doctors that it expects to run low on supplies of Bicillin L-A, a long-acting injection of the antibiotic penicillin, the preferred option for treating syphilis during ...

The number of babies being born with syphilis has climbed for 12 straight years, continuing even as STIs have declined.

About twice a week, a pregnant patient turns up in Dr. Irene Stafford's obstetrics office in Houston with syphilis, a sexually transmittable disease that affects more newborns in Texas than anywhere ...

New data show a decline in sexually transmitted infections overall and in primary and secondary syphilis in adults.

Ocular syphilis is re-emerging in Europe and is often first detected by ophthalmologists, with acute placoid chorioretinitis ...