Syphilis: An Old Disease With Present-Day Implications.
Syphilis continues to be a burden on the public health system. While men who have sex with men and HIV-infected individuals are the most affected populations, syphilis rates have also increased in reproductive-aged women, resulting in concurrent increases in congenital syphilis. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are requisite components of syphilis control.
assistant professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Infectious Diseases, Wake Forest School of Medicine; STD medical director, Forsyth County Department of Public Health, Winston-Salem, North Carolina cmcneil@wakehealth.edu.
Candice J
CJ
McNeil
professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Infectious Diseases, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; medical director, North Carolina Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Division, Greensboro, North Carolina.
Laura H
LH
Bachmann
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013587:Syphilis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000635:transmission; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis / Q000379:methods; D013590:Syphilis, Congenital / Q000453:epidemiology*; D061665:Time-to-Treatment; D014210:Treponema pallidum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010406:Penicillins