Evaluation of the Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody Test (Fta)

Syphilis is among the most fascinating of skin diseases. It may present to the dermatologist as a sexually acquired, contagious disease or as a congenitally acquired infection. When sexually acquired, it commonly coexists with at least one other sexually transmitted infection. Although syphilis is endemic worldwide, its steady decline over the last 400 years has been punctuated by epidemic peaks associated with unstable social conditions or upheavals. These changes include mass migrations and wars, as well as growing prosperity and economic reversals precipitating real or relative poverty. More recently, rates of primary and secondary syphilis have increased in the past decade, warranting renewed attention to the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.

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Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis

Kinghorn,

Omer

2024

Rook's Textbook of Dermatology

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Bacterial sexually transmitted infections remain common causes of global ill health in which social, economic and behavioural factors are key determinants of their prevalence. They also have biological synergy with the human immunodeficiency virus. Although the incidence of early syphilis is again increasing in most high‐income countries, the classic late syndromes of ‘the great imitator’ causing premature death have become uncommon. Diagnostic techniques have continued to evolve. The World Health Organization has set ambitious targets for the eradication of congenital syphilis. Success requires coordinated multiagency approaches, enhanced surveillance efforts and reliability of appropriate penicillin supplies that have proved difficult to sustain in many low‐income countries.

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Evaluation of the Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody Test (Fta)

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Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis

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