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Syphilis Serology Screening in a Psychogeriatric Population

Is the effort worthwhile?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jean Antoine Boodhoo
Jean Antoine Boodhoo*
Affiliation:
Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne; currently Hollymoor Hospital, Tessall Lane, Northfield, Birmingham B31 5EX
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Abstract

The treponemal serological status of 800 patients above the age of 65 was reviewed. Twenty-one were found to be positive and the venereologists advised against treatment in all referred cases. The question is posed whether syphilis serology screening in the elderly mentally ill should be confined to those patients with obvious clinical manifestation of syphilis or with obscure psychiatric presentations.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 2 , August 1989 , pp. 259 - 262
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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