Relapse of Secondary Syphilis after Benzathine Penicillin G: Molecular Analysis

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 196-199

  Myint, Michael ^a   Bashiri, Houman ^a   Harrington, Robert D ^a   Marra, Christina M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MALE; REINFECTION; RELAPSE; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SKIN CULTURE; SYPHILIS; TPRK GENE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PENICILLIN G, BENZATHINE; PORINS; RECURRENCE; SEROTYPING; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 1342266037     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OLQ.0000114941.37942.4C     Document Type: Article

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