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Self-Study STD Module - Syphilis

Resources

Publications

  1. CDC. Primary and secondary syphilis — United States,2003 – 2004 MMWR 2006; 55(10) : 269-73 
  2. CDC, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Division of STD Prevention. The national plan to eliminate syphilis from the United States. Atlanta (GA): CDC, 1999. Available from URL: http://www.cdc.gov/stopsyphilis/plan.pdf. Adobe PDF file
  3. CDC. Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2006. MMWR 2002;51 (No. RR-6). Available from URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5106a1.htm.
  4. CDC. Sexually transmitted disease surveillance, 2005. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, September 2004. Available from URL: http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats/.
  5. CDC. Inadvertent use of Bicillin® C-R to treat syphilis infection-Los Angeles, California, 1999-2004. MMWR 2005;54:217-9.
  6. Fraser CM, et al. Complete genome sequence of Treponema pallidum, the syphilis spirochete. Science 1998; 281:375.
  7. Golden MR, et al. Updtae on syphilis: resurgence of an old problem. JAMA 2003: 290: 1510-4.
  8. Johns DR, Tierney M, Felsenstein D. Alteration in the natural history of neurosyphilis by concurrent infection with the human immunodeficiency virus. N Engl J Med 1987; 316:1569-72.
  9. Kilmarx PH, Zaidi AA, Thomas JC, et al.  Sociodemographic factors and the variation in syphilis rates among US counties, 1984 through 1993: An ecological analysis.  Am J Pub Hlth 1997; 87(12):1037-1043.
  10. Lukehart,SA, Godomes, et al.  Macrolide resistance in Treponema pallidum in the United States and Ireland.  N Engl J Med 2004; 351:154-8.
  11. Lukehart SA, Hook III EW, Baker-Zander SA, Collier AC, Critchlow CW, Handsfield HH. Invasion of the central nervous system by Treponema pallidum: Implications for diagnosis and therapy. Ann Intern Med 1988; 109:855-62.
  12. Marra CM, et al.  Cerebrospinal fluid abnormalities in patients with syphilis: association with clinical and laboratory features. J Infect Dis. 2004; 189: 369-76.
  13. Peterman TA, et al. The changing epidemiology of syphilis. Sex Trns Diseases 2005; 32(10): 54-10.
  14. Pope V. Use of treponemal tests to screen for syphilis. Infect Med 2004;21:399-402.
  15. Rolfs RT, et al. A randomized trial of enhanced therapy for early syphilis inpatients with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection. N Engl J Med 1997; 337(5):307-14.
  16. Rompalo AM. Et al. Clinical manifestations of early syphilis by HIV status and gender: results of the syphilis and HIV study  Sex Trans Dis 2001; 28: 158-65.
  17. Stoner B.P Current Controversies in the Management of Adult Syphilis. CID 2007; 44 (Supplement 3) S130-146.
  18. Weinstock H, Berman S, Cates W Jr. Sexually transmitted diseases among American youth: incidence and prevalence estimates, 2000. Perspect Sex Repro Hlth 2004; 36(1): 6-10.
  19. Zetola N, Klausner JD. Syphilis and HIV Infection: An Update.  CID 2007; 44:1222-8.

Websites and Other Resources

  1. CDC, Division of STD Prevention:  www.cdc.gov/std
  2. Syphilis Elimination Effort:  www.cdc.gov/stopsyphilis/
  3. National Network of STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers:  http://nnptc.org/
  4. Syphilis Algorithms from the California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center: http://www.stdhivtraining.org/cfm/resources.cfm#SyphilisTools
  5. 2006 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines (including downloadable version for Palm devices):  http://www.cdc.gov/STD/treatment/
  6. STD information and referrals to STD clinics

    CDC-INFO
    1-800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636)
    TTY: 1-888-232-6348
    In English, en Español l

  7. CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN):  www.cdcnpin.org
  8. American Social Health Association (ASHA):  www.ashastd.org
 

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