My choice: Survival of treponemes after treatment: Comments, clinical conclusions and recommendations

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 76, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Dunlop, E M C ^a   Bingham, J S ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PROBENECID; PROCAINE PENICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; HISTORY; NOTE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; ARTICLE;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 29744463752     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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