... and dermoscopic features of SA in patients with secondary syphilis and to record its actual prevalence. Methods: All patients with a diagnosis of secondary syphilis were clinically and trichoscopically evaluated in search of hair and scalp alterations. Results: Five of 12 patients (41.6%) diagnosed with secondary...

...Johan Courjon; Thomas Hubiche; Nicolas Dupin; Philippe Alain Grange; Pascal Del Giudice Background: The incidence of HIV-syphilis co-infection has risen since 2000, especially among men having sex with men (MSM). Syphilis reinfection can occur, but the clinical features of such events remain poorly...

... imaging and electroencephalography findings, but all studies lack specificity. Every patient with neurological or psychiatric symptoms that are without unambiguous causes should have blood tests for syphilis. When serology proves positive, patients should undergo CSF examination. 13 08 2012 30...

...P. Laugier; N. Hunziker; M.-F. Paccaud; R. Brun; M. Orusco; A. Bezzola Positive serological reactions for the Chlamidiae and for mumps virus were found among patients presenting a proven florid acquired syphilis; the fact that these patients had a positive syphilitic serological reaction lead us...

...R. Suhonen; J. Wallenius; K. Haukka; O. Elo; A. Lassus The proportion of cases with fresh syphilis in males contracted by homosexual contacts in Helsinki before and after the change of the criminal law in 1971 was studied. Since 1971, homosexuality is by law no longer a crime in Finland. In 1964...

...L. Pospíšil; F. Kratochvil Advantages and disadvantages of the peroxidase test with Treponema pallidum and the FTA-ABS test were compared. The results were veryfied through the TPI test. Sera from diseased patients suffering from various forms of syphilis, from patients with other clinical...

...Leopold Pospíšil A new serological method for syphilis using a modified ELISA reaction is given. The reaction is performed on polystyrene carriers which have absorbed an ultrasonicated preparation of T. pallidum . The reaction between the antigen and antibody is detected by means of the addition...

.... Serological evidence of active syphilis was obtained and treponema were identified in the initial lesion by means of immunofluorescent staining. Treatment with both aqueous crystalline penicillin G and benzathine penicillin G healed the lesions. This represents a further case of an atypical presentation...

...C. Bernard; P. de Moerloose; C. Tremblet; G. Reber; L. Didierjean Anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA) were determined by an ELISA assay in 142 VDRL-positive patients who were classified in two groups: group I consisted of 77 patients with syphilis and group II of 65 patients with biological false...

... not fulfill the CDC criteria for AIDS. Five months later he developed a clinical and biochemically typical porphyria cutanea tarda. 16 02 1993 13 04 1993 7 10 2009 Syphilis Porphyria cutanea tarda HIV infection © 1994 S. Karger AG, Basel 1994 Copyright / Drug Dosage...

...Pascale Quatresooz; Gérald E. Piérard Background: The incidence of syphilis is on the rise in many cities worldwide. Both the clinical and histopathological changes do not always fulfil the typical diagnostic criteria. Immunohistochemistry is available to identify and localize Treponema pallidum...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Extragenital Paronychia Syphilis Ulceration Images in Clinical Dermatology Published online: July 25, 2008 Color...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Chancre, extragenital Syphilis Lues Sexually transmitted disease Sexually transmitted infections Letters...

...Shahnaz Abraham; Laurence Toutous-Trellu; Marc Pechère; Stéphane Hugonnet; Nadia Liassine; Sabine Yerly; Peter Rohner; Béatrice Ninet; Bernard Hirschel; Vincent Piguet Background: Focal outbreaks of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as syphilis and gonorrhoea have been reported...

... to 2003. Notifications of syphilis cases almost doubled in the year 2002 and rose to 174% compared to the period of 1998–2001. The resurgence of syphilis in 2002 and 2003 was most important in Zurich and Geneva with 54 and 24% of all cases, respectively. Eighty-four percent occurred in males, 40...

...Li Wenhai; Zhang Jianzhong; Ying Cao Background: Syphilis is an ancient sexually transmitted disease. However, the pathogenesis of mucocutaneous lesions of secondary syphilis is not completely understood. Methods: We analyzed the presence of Treponema pallidum in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded...

...A. Friedli; P. Chavaz; M. Harms Two patients with alopecia syphilitica are presented. Moth-eaten alopecia is the most typical look of secondary syphilis on the scalp. With the decrease in syphilis cases in western countries, this rarer clinical manifestation tends to be misdiagnosed. 5 7 2001...

...M. Janier; C. Chastang; E. Spindler; S. Strazzi; C. Rabian; A. Marcelli; P. Morel The evolution of serological tests for syphilis (STSs) after therapy in HIV+ patients is a major point of controversy, with possible seroreactivation and illicit seroreversion in these patients. The aim of our study...