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Syphilis, neither dead nor buried—A survey of psychogeriatric inpatients
Author(s) -
Cleare Anthony James,
Jacoby Robin,
Tovey Stuart John,
Bergmann Klaus
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930080807
Subject(s) - syphilis , serology , medicine , population , neurosyphilis , syphilis serodiagnosis , treponematosis , psychiatry , family medicine , immunology , sexually transmitted disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health , antibody
Over a 5‐year period, 3.8% of 423 psychogeriatric inpatients who were tested for syphilis had positive serology. Eight out of 14 received treatment, in contrast to previous suggestions that treatment was rarely instigated. Screening and adequate investigation of this population remain important, and we believe that serology should be carried out routinely in organic cases.