Guidelines for the management of Syphilis infection

From the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) website:
General clinical management of Syphilis

Serological diagnosis of Syphilis

Across England and Wales, there is considerable variation in laboratory practice for the serological diagnosis of syphilis.  Improving the laboratory turnaround times for the diagnosis of syphilis would be a positive step in limiting the spread of infection.  A standard operating procedure for the serological diagnosis of syphilis has recently been developed by the HPA¹.

^1.Health Protection Agency. Serological diagnosis of syphilis. National Standard Method VS0P44 Issue 1. 2007.

HPA Standard Methods for Virology

STI Outbreak management guidelines

Please refer to the guidelines for managing outbreaks of infectious syphilis:

Guidance STI outbreaks_2008.pdf (PDF, 65 KB)