Medical professionals treat syphilis with antibiotics. The first-line treatment of syphilis hair loss typically includes an injection of the antibiotic benzathine penicillin G, which leads to hair ...

Treatment decisions may be further complicated in patients who are allergic to penicillin or infected with HIV. The pathogenesis of congenital syphilis is not completely understood, but placental ...

What it’s looking like is a stabilization” and, hopefully, a decline will follow, state epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy ...

Two sexually transmitted infections are spreading faster than ever. Our expert guide tells you everything you need to know, ...

Untreated syphilis in pregnant women is the second leading cause of stillbirths globally. Should the infant survive, it could ...

The Tuskegee syphilis study, also known as the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Untreated Syphilis Study at Tuskegee, is one of the most infamous chapters in the history of U.S. public health and ...

Penicillin Use in Meningococcal Disease Management: Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Sites, 2009. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016 Jul 13;3(3):ofw152. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofw152. PMID: 27704009; PMCID: ...

Syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum, has undergone a dramatic global resurgence in the past ten years. The World Health Organization estimated 2.2 million (1.3 – 3.1 ...

Even if the symptoms disappear, it could still be contagious. Syphilis can be treated with antibiotics such as penicillin, but if left untreated, it can cause damage to the heart, blood vessels ...

The historical record shows that the battle to prevent and find cures for infectious disease will lead to a lower incidence of chronic, disabling diseases. At the same time, efforts to find ...