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Latent Syphilis
Aka: Latent Syphilis
- See Also
- Syphilis
- Sexually Transmitted Disease
- Primary Syphilis
- Secondary Syphilis
- Tertiary Syphilis
- Syphilitic Gumma
- Cardiovascular Syphilis
- Neurosyphilis
- Syphilis Testing
- Genital Ulcer
- Signs
- No clinical signs of Syphilis (CSF Normal)
- Types
- Early Latency (First year after infection)
- Late Latency (Latent infection >1 year, typically 3-20 years)
- No symptoms of primary or Secondary Syphilis
- Only infectious in pregnancy and transfusion
- Labs
- See Syphilis Testing
- Management
- See Syphilis
- Course
- Progression to Tertiary Syphilis in one third of untreated patients
- References
- Green, Cohen, Billington (2016) Crit Dec Emerg Med 30(11): 4-10
- Mattel (2012) Am Fam Physician 86(5): 433-40 [PubMed]