Syphilis

What this episode covers

<br /> Syphilis has gone by many nicknames over the years including &#8220;The Great Pretender&#8221; and &#8220;The Great Imitator.&#8221; Emily Labudde, MD, a Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellow at Children&#8217;s Healthcare of Atlanta and recent pediatric residency graduate from Cincinnati Children’s discusses the various manifestations of this sexually transmitted infection, and how we can&#8217;t miss this very treatable, but sneaky malady. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.pwmblog.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">PEMBlog</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://twitter.com/PEMTweets">@PEMTweets on… sigh “X” (Twitter)</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bradsobolewski/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">My Instagram</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@bradsobo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">My Mastodon account @bradsobo</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> References<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Emily J. Labudde, Jane Lee; A Review of Syphilis Infection in Pediatric Patients. Pediatr Rev. July 2024; 45 (7): 373–380. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1542/pir.2023-006309" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1542/pir.2023-006309</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. &#8220;Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance 2021.&#8221; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021. Available from: <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/std/statistics/2021/default.htm">https://www.cdc.gov/std/statistics/2021/default.htm</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. &#8220;Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines 2021.&#8221; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021. Available from: <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment-guidelines/syphilis.htm">https://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment-guidelines/syphilis.htm</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. &#8220;Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System.&#8221; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021. Available from: <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/index.htm">https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/index.htm</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Transcript<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Note: This transcript was partially completed with the use of the Descript AI<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Welcome to PEMCurrents, the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast, as always, I&#8217;m your host Brad Sobolewski. Today&#8217;s episode is all about the great pretender, syphilis. And let&#8217;s face it, it&#8217;s not just a disease for Medieval royalty. It&#8217;s on the rise in the United States and abroad. So let&#8217;s talk about the manifestations and management.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> And I&#8217;ve got a special guest host. This is Emily Labudde, originally from Detroit, at the time of recording this episode, a third year categorical pediatric resident at Cincinnati Children&#8217;s and a soon to be pediatric emergency medicine fellow in Atlanta. I&#8217;m going to pass the mic to you, Emily. My name is Emily Labudde, and I&#8217;m a third year pediatric resident at Cincinnati Children&#8217;s Hospital, and I&#8217;ll be starting fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine this summ