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What Clinicians Should Know About Syphilis

What Clinicians Should Know About Syphilis

Update: 2025-10-16
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Syphilis infections have increased in the US and worldwide over the past decade. Left untreated, syphilis can cause blindness, deafness, psychosis, dementia, and peripheral nerve damage, and can cause congenital syphilis. Author Franco Chevalier, MD, MPH, from the San Francisco Department of Public Health discusses this and more with JAMA Deputy Editor Preeti Malani, MD, MSJ.

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What Clinicians Should Know About Syphilis

What Clinicians Should Know About Syphilis