Much-vanquished foe syphilis raises its ugly head with infections on rise

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Much-vanquished foe syphilis raises its ugly head with infections on rise

Arlo Upton

Wednesday 30 January 2019, 09:25 AM

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Primary care is more likely now, than at any recent time, to be seeing cases of syphilis. The patient needs to be tested with the stages of the disease and the recommendations for, and limitations of, testing modalities in mind, which this article summarises for the GP

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