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  1. Mayo Clinic Minute: Concerning rise in syphilis cases across Minnesota Video Audio Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infect

    Video. Audio. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. Dr. Stacey Rizza, an infectious disease specialist at ...

  2. Mayo Clinic Minute: Reducing the risks of sexually transmitted infections

    Rizza. Syphilis, like chlamydia and gonorrhea, are bacterial infections and can be treated with antibiotics. These medications won't help viral infections, like ...

  3. Women's Wellness: Screening pregnant women for syphilis - Mayo Clinic News Network

    At the same time, national rates of syphilis increased among women of reproductive age. ... syphilis and other sexually transmitted infections both in the ...

  4. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia are examples of STDs that are caused by bacteria. Parasites. Trichomoniasis is an STD caused by a parasite. Viruses. STDs ...

  5. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Experts recommend testing for syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and herpes right away after being diagnosed with HIV . They also recommend that people with HIV be ...

  6. sexually transmitted infections Archives - Mayo Clinic News Network

    chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, are transmitted person to person through sexual activity, including vaginal, oral and anal sex. Left untreated, sexually ...

  7. Infectious Diseases A-Z: Rising STIs in the US - Mayo Clinic News Network

    The CDC reports nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis combined were diagnosed in 2017, marking the fourth year in a row of increases in ...

  8. Infectious Diseases A–Z: Sexually transmitted infections at a record high

    Congenital syphilis can result in miscarriage, stillbirth, newborn death, and severe lifelong physical and neurological problems. Dr. Gregory Poland, director ...

  9. STD testing: What's right for you? - Mayo Clinic

    HIV, syphilis and hepatitis · Symptoms of infection · Positive test for another STI , which puts you at greater risk of other STIs · Having more than one sexual ...

  10. A Study to Screen HIV and Syphilis Screening Using Dried Blood Spot Testing - Mayo Clinic

    The purpose of this study to determine if patient self-collected DBS from finger-stick blood for HIV and syphilis serologic testing offer similar results to ...