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Sexually transmitted diseases in rape victims.

1991; BMJ; Volume: 67; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/sti.67.3.271

1472-3263

S P R Jebakumar, P A De Silva, E F Monteiro,

Sex work and related issues

genitourinary clinic consultant, he was allowed by the physician at the High Commission to go ahead with his proposed visit and eventual perman- ent settlement in the host country.This case re-emphasises the impor- tance of undiagnosed syphilis in the elderly."2However, sexual abuse of the elderly must be kept in mind in this context.A moving case of syphilis in a 68 year old lady after rape has been well documented.3So also has the diagnosis of syphilis been reported in two elderly female patients, one in coma, following possible sexual abuse, as serological tests performed six months previously on one, and three years earlier on the other were non- reactive.4Moreover, screening tests for dementia in a home for the elderly revealed three cases of neurosyphilis with positive serology.2Perhaps this is a solemn reminder of how little is known of this problem in the elderly.