Delayed diagnosis and treatment of secondary syphilis in pancreas-kidney transplant recipient: Need for increased awareness of sexually transmitted infections in solid organ transplantation

Transpl Infect Dis. 2022 Feb;24(1):e13762. doi: 10.1111/tid.13762. Epub 2021 Dec 14.

Authors

Hayley Crossman¹, Elan Guterman², Monica Fung¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, San Francisco, USA.
² Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, California, San Francisco, USA.

PMID: 34797024
DOI: 10.1111/tid.13762

No abstract available

Keywords: sexually transmitted infection; solid organ transplantation; syphilis.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Delayed Diagnosis
HIV Infections*
Humans
Kidney Transplantation* / adverse effects
Organ Transplantation*
Pancreas
Sexually Transmitted Diseases* / diagnosis
Sexually Transmitted Diseases* / drug therapy
Syphilis

Supplementary concepts

Syphilis, secondary