Current standards for diagnosis and treatment of syphilis: Selection of some practical issues, based on the European (IUSTI) and U.S. (CDC) guidelines

Postepy Dermatologii i Alergologii

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 203-210

  Pastuszczak, Maciej ^a   Wojas Pelc, Anna ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

CDC; Diagnosis; Guidelines; IUSTI; Syphilis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROBENECID; PROCAINE; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNOASSAY; INCIDENCE; NEUROSYPHILIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STANDARD; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS RAPID TEST; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84885976357     PISSN: 1642395X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/pdia.2013.37029     Document Type: Review

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