The key to prevention is diagnosing and treating syphilis before or during pregnancy, she said. Currently, the only ...

Tertiary syphilis, which can develop years to decades after the initial infection, is characterized by chronic inflammatory ...

Standard treatment for primary or early latent syphilis: benzathine penicillin* G 2.4 mU IM x 1 dose; For secondary syphilis and for women with primary syphilis in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy ...

Officials say syphilis is surging across several demographics, including seniors and newborns, and the surge is worse in ...

Again, the signs and symptoms of secondary syphilis resolve spontaneously without treatment, and the infection then enters the latent phase. Figure 2. Primary lesion of syphilis. Figure courtesy ...