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  1. Syphilis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Syphilis is an infection caused by bacteria. Most often, it spreads through sexual contact. The disease starts as a sore that's often painless and typically ...

  2. Syphilis - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    The antibodies to the bacteria that causes syphilis stay in the body for years. So blood tests can be used to find a current or past infection. Fluid from a ...

  3. Mayo Clinic Minute: Signs and symptoms of syphilis

    Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. Dr. Stacey Rizza, an infectious diseases specialist at Mayo Clinic, ...

  4. Mayo Clinic Minute: Syphilis surge is cause for concern

    Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. ... Stacey Rizza, an infectious diseases specialist at Mayo Clinic, says ...

  5. Syphilis: A rising community presence - Mayo Clinic News Network

    What is syphilis? "Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection spread by direct contact with skin sores," says Trevor Rich, M.D., a family medicine ...

  6. 'Stem the tide' of rising syphilis rates in United States

    Syphilis is a bacterial infection usually spread by sexual contact. The disease starts as a painless sore — typically on your genitals, rectum or mouth.

  7. Mayo Clinic Minute Symptoms and stages of syphilis Video Audio Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the ba

    Video. Audio. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. Dr. Stacey Rizza, an infectious diseases specialist at.

  8. Newborns diagnosed with syphilis at alarming rates - Mayo Clinic News Network

    Did you know that syphilis can be transmitted from an expecting mother to her baby? It's called congenital syphilis.

  9. Cases of congenital syphilis have more than doubled

    Syphilis spreads from person to person via skin or mucous membrane contact with these sores. People can be infected with syphilis and not know it. Babies born ...

  10. Sexually transmitted disease (STD) symptoms - Mayo Clinic

    Syphilis symptoms. Syphilis is an infection caused by germs called bacteria. The disease affects the genitals, skin, mouth and anus. It also can involve many ...