Diagnosis and management of syphilis

American Family Physician

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 283-290+297

  Brown, David L ^a,b   Frank, Jennifer E ^a,c,d  

^a DEWITT ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Winder Family Practice Clinic   (United States)

^d MARTIN ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G SODIUM; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONDYLOMA; DESENSITIZATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEVER; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MICROSCOPY; NEUROSYPHILIS; PERINEUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RASH; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN DEFECT; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0042847148     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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