There has been an increase in infectious syphilis in Australia.
We aimed to determine whether the proportion of patients with primary syphilis were treated empirically and, if treatment was delayed, how long patients had to wait for treatment and what proportion of patients with primary syphilis had negative serology at time of presentation. We reviewed clinical notes of patients who presented with anogenital lesions and had a diagnosis of primary syphilis over a 22-month period (2017–2019).
There were 83 patients who attended with primary syphilis between November 2017 and August 2019….