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Nov 2022
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#364 Screening for syphilis: A USPSTF Up...

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
About this episode
We ran the numbers, and it’s still important!

Should patients be screened for syphilis? If so, which ones? Dr. Katrina Donahue (USPSTF) talks us through this re-affirmation of the USPSTF syphilis screening guideline, including who might be high risk and how to screen them.

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Credits

  • Producers: Elena Gibson, MD and Paul Williams MD, FACP
  • Writer: Elena Gibson, MD
  • Show notes: Paul Williams MD, FACP
  • Infographic and Cover Art: Elena Gibson, MD
  • Hosts: Paul Williams MD, FACP and Elena Gibson MD 
  • Production team: Podpaste
  • Guest: Katrina Donahue MD
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