An ongoing dialogue on HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases,
June 18th, 2012
ID Learning Unit — Serologic Tests for Syphilis
Diagnosing syphilis is tricky for lots of reasons, including: The protean disease manifestations, many of which were best described in older medical literature — and hence not known to people who don’t read words on paper (vs a screen) very often. You can’t visualize the bug (Treponema pallidum), unless you happen to have a darkfield microscope […]
Paul E. Sax, MD
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NEJM Journal Watch
Infectious Diseases
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