Syphilis Test Results

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Confusing Syphilis test results

Dear Sir,Over 2 months ago, I took the VDRL test for the first time and tested weak reactive (titer up to 1:8). I did a confirmatory test a couple of days later and my VDRL test was again reactive (titer up to 1:2 this time) and T-pallidum IgG was...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

If you have not received prior treatment, you need to get treatment for syphilis.... Read more »

Syphilis test result confusion

In April 2011 I had blood tests done for all STIs. All were negative, with the exception of HSVII... Read more »

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C. »

"Test Results" for HIV and Syphilis

Hello Dr. Glenn,I have tested HIV/VRDL/TPHA/ after unsafe sex exposure 120 days by Elisa test. and... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Refocusing Health Promotion for Syphilis Prevention: Results of a Case-Control Study of Men Who Have Sex With Men on England's South Coast

The authors set out to investigate factors associated with recent syphilis diagnosis and to recommend approaches to improve prevention. "Prevention interventions have had little impact on syphilis outbreaks among men who have sex with men (MSM) and... Read more »

Online-Mediated Syphilis Testing Shows Promise

Online-mediated syphilis testing is helping diagnose syphilis among men who have sex with men (MSM), a new report suggests. The annual number of syphilis cases in Amsterdam increased from 35 to 240 between 1998 and 2004, according to Rik H.... Read more »

Frequent Testing of Highly Sexually Active Gay Men Is Required to Control Syphilis

In the developed world, the incidence of syphilis among gay men has been increasing substantially. The authors developed an individual-based mathematical model describing syphilis transmission in a gay male population. They then used that model to... Read more »

Oregon: Men Urged to Get Tested as Syphilis Rates Rise

With Oregon syphilis rates reaching levels not seen in a decade, health workers in the Portland area are urging some men to get tested for the disease up to four times a year. The rise in syphilis cases is primarily among gay men age 35 and older... Read more »

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7 month HIV and Syphilis Negatives...Von Dutch?

Posted by rufenough, 1 Reply

Hi all,

To anyone who has followed my progress out there (especially for you Mrs J&J! And OG, Von Dutch), I got my negative results for HIV and Syphillis Wednesday morning.

My doctor is now referring me onto an infectious disease specialist, and a... Read more »

Test results are in....please look!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I finally got my results for my Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphillis tests. My gonorrhea test is negative, and my syphillis test is negative. But my chlamydia test came back as "out of range." What does that mean? Someone please help me. The... Read more »

Test results to HIV and HCV

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

In a suicide attempt, a 27-year-old man injected himself in the brachial vein with 0.1 ml of blood that he had obtained, using the same insulin syringe, from a drug addict seropositive for HIV and HCV. Thirteen days after the injection, the man had... Read more »

Results

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Just got back from getting my HIV and Syphilis results both NEG.
Had one at six weeks also NEG. This one was at 13 weeks. Thanks to DJ for his reply on testing and the six week test ,it took the stress away believing my six week test was good. Read more »

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