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  1. Syphilis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Syphilis is an infection caused by bacteria. Most often, it spreads through sexual contact. The disease starts as a sore that's often painless and typically ...

  2. Syphilis - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Diagnosis. Tests. Your health care team can find syphilis by testing samples of: Blood. Blood tests can confirm the presence of proteins called antibodies.

  3. Newborns diagnosed with syphilis at alarming rates - Mayo Clinic News Network

    Did you know that syphilis can be transmitted from an expecting mother to her baby? It's called congenital syphilis.

  4. Mayo Clinic Minute: Syphilis surge is cause for concern

    The Minnesota Department of Health is raising a red flag over what they say was a sharp rise in syphilis cases across the state in 2021.

  5. Mayo Clinic Minute: Signs and symptoms of syphilis

    Syphilis has long been a global health issue affecting millions of people. ... " Penicillin treatment is credited with decades of decline in syphilis cases, but ...

  6. Syphilis: A rising community presence - Mayo Clinic News Network

    What is syphilis? "Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection spread by direct contact with skin sores," says Trevor Rich, M.D., a family medicine ...

  7. Cases of congenital syphilis have more than doubled

    Syphilis is a bacterial infection usually spread by sexual contact. The disease starts as a painless sore — typically on the genitals, rectum or mouth. Syphilis ...

  8. Sexually transmitted disease (STD) symptoms - Mayo Clinic

    Syphilis symptoms. Syphilis is an infection caused by germs called bacteria. The disease affects the genitals, skin, mouth and anus. It also can involve many ...

  9. 'Stem the tide' of rising syphilis rates in United States

    Syphilis spreads from person to person via skin or mucous membrane contact with these sores. After the initial infection, the syphilis bacteria can lie dormant ...

  10. 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 ...