DEAR DR. ROACH: In October 2018 I was treated for syphilis, and had a VDRL titer of 1:128. A few months later, the titer was 1:8, but has stayed at 1:8 since then. Why hasn’t it gone down? — Y ...

Low titers are oftenest found in late syphilis and high titers oftenest in early cases, but there is so much variation that routine quantitative reactions are of little value in differentiating ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: In October 2018 I was treated for syphilis, and had a VDRL titer of 1:128. A few months later, the titer was 1:8, but has stayed at 1:8 since then. Why hasn’t it gone down? &#… ...

Early syphilis may involve the central nervous system in patients with HIV, even if they have low serum titers and no neurologic symptoms, warn researchers. X No Results ...

Compared with women with congenital syphilis who had live births, those with congenital syphilis-related stillbirths had a higher likelihood of having antibody titers at or above 1:32 vs. antibody ...

Martin Tombe, MB, ChB . Response from David R. Haburchak, MD, FACP. A significant and continuing drop (4-fold or less) in VDRL titer is expected as a traditional test of cure for treated syphilis ...