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Prevalence and risk factors evaluation for transfusion-transmissible infections among blood donors from Shiyan, China.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
January 2025
Department of Human Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Science, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China. Electronic address:
Objective: Transfusion-transmissible infections (TTIs) are severe threats to blood safety and public health. A retrospective study of blood donor records from 2015 to 2019 in Shiyan, China, was conducted.
Methods: TTI prevalence was analyzed using ELISA, RT-PCR, and demographic data.
Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: The Possible Effect on the Course of Pregnancy and Fetal Outcomes-A Case Report and Literature Review.
Biomedicines
January 2025
Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Vilnius University, 03101 Vilnius, Lithuania.
A wide range of syphilis-related pregnancy complications are encountered in clinical practice. Active surveillance of the epidemiological situation in different countries and a series of retrospective data analyses allow for a comprehensive assessment of the feasible consequences of syphilis infection during pregnancy. The negative effects of infection on reproductive health are also described.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntimicrobial Resistance in Curable Sexually Transmitted Infections.
Curr HIV/AIDS Rep
January 2025
Division of Global Health Equity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Purpose Of Review: Antimicrobial resistance in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has become an urgent global public health threat, raising the specter of untreatable infections. This review summarizes the determinants of resistance among the five most common curable STIs Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma genitalium, Treponema pallidum, and Trichomonas vaginalis, as well as strategies to mitigate the spread of resistance.
Recent Findings: Genetic mutations are key drivers of resistance for N.
Syphilis in a blood bank in Argentina: Prevalence trends and risk factors.
Transfus Med
January 2025
Hospital de Pediatría, Hospital de Pediatría Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Background: Worldwide, there has been a worrying increase in the prevalence of syphilis. Blood banks have a major role in monitoring the trend of these events, despite the bias due to the altruistic donation strategy.
Objectives: To determine the seroprevalence of syphilis and analyse its association with defined risk factors among blood donors at the regional blood center at Hospital Prof.
Secondary Syphilis Presenting With an Interstitial Granuloma Annulare-Like Histopathologic Pattern: A Report of 2 Cases.
Am J Dermatopathol
February 2025
Bioptic Laboratory, Ltd, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
Syphilis, known as "the great mimicker," is caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum and is characterized by a diverse array of clinical and histopathologic presentations. In secondary cutaneous syphilis, the most consistent morphological features include a superficial and deep perivascular infiltrate containing plasma cells, varying degrees of endothelial swelling, irregular acanthosis, elongation of rete ridges, a vacuolated pattern, and the presence of plasma cells. Although serologic tests are essential for definitive diagnosis, spirochetes can sometimes be directly identified in silver-stained tissue slides or through immunohistochemistry.
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