Tuesday, September 10, 2024 Emergency department screening more than doubles detection of syphilis cases Rapid testing items for syphilis (bottom right); a colorized electron micrograph of Treponema pallidum, the bacteria that cause syphilis (spiral-shaped bacteria have been highlighted in pink) (center) and a background image featuring an emergency room setting. Credit: NIAID A NIAID-supported study found increased syphilis screening and diagnosis after opt-out syphilis tests were provided to people seeking care a large emergency department. Most people diagnosed had no symptoms, which suggests that symptom-based testing strategies alone could miss opportunities to diagnose and treat people with syphilis. The results were published today in the journal Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Learn More National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases  |  National Institutes of Health

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