Response to therapy following retreatment of serofast early syphilis patients with benzathine penicillin

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 420-422

  Seña, Arlene C ^a   Wolff, Mark ^b   Behets, Frieda ^a,c   Van Damme, Kathleen ^c   Martin, David H ^d   Leone, Peter ^a   McNeil, Linda ^e   Hook, Edward W ^f  

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

^b EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

retreatment; serofast; serological response; syphilis

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETREATMENT; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN G BENZATHINE; RETREATMENT; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872361652     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis918     Document Type: Article

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