Rapid plasma reagin titer variation in the 2 weeks after syphilis therapy

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 645-647

  Holman, Katherine M ^a,b   Wolff, Mark ^c   Seña, Arlene C ^d   Martin, David H ^e   Behets, Frieda ^d,f   Van Damme, Kathleen ^f   Leone, Peter ^d   McNeil, Linda ^g   Gehrig, Meredyth L ^c   Hook III, Edward W ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University of North Carolina Madagascar   (Madagascar)

^g FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; REAGINIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAGIN TEST; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PENICILLINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGINS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863800277     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182536574     Document Type: Article

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