Treatment of Early Venereal Syphilis

Hutchinson's teeth and early treatment of congenital syphilis.

Co-operative evaluation of treatment for early syphilis. Preliminary report with special reference to spectinomycin sulphate (actinospectacin).

In the years immediately following the introduction of penicillin for the treatment of syphilis, comprehensive and continuous evaluations of treatment were conducted, first to establish the optimal dosage requirements for syphilis (Merrell, 1949; Rider, 1949; Bauer, 1951), and later to determine the relative efficacy of various penicillin preparations as they were introduced (Cutler, Olansky, a...

Cerebrospinal fluid findings after treatment of early syphilis with penicillin.

It has been the practice at the Central VD Clinic, Colombo, to examine the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) as a test of cure not less than 2 years after treatment for early syphilis. A total of 151 CSF examinations were performed between September, 1963, and August, 1964, in male patients who had been treated for primary or secondary syphilis. The examination was made within 1 hour of lumbar puncture...

Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction following penicillin treatment of early congenital syphilis.

ever, as an aftermath of the second world war there was a marked increase in the incidence of early acquired syphilis which reached its peak in the year 1946. Not unexpectedly, it resulted in a steep rise in the number of congenital syphilis cases in 1948 and 1949, followed by a gradual fall in the ensuing years to a low level in 1952 (Morton, 1954). Earlier communications on penicillin treatme...

Treatment failure with penicillin in early syphilis.

A patient with primary syphilis had a recurrence of his penile chancre after generally acceptable penicillin treatment. Retreatment with a similar but extended penicillin regimen was successful. This is the first report of such a treatment failure.

A DECREASE IN THE INCIDENCE OF SYPHILIS IN I RAN AND THE EFFECT OF ISLAMIC RULES IN CONTROLLING SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES

Venereal diseases are still a common problem in today’s world. Even though tremendous advances are being made in medicine and large budgets are being spent to control sexually transmitted diseases (STL), especially in western countries. These diseases are still yet very common, and today AIDS has been added to the threats posed by STD to human life. The status of syphilis was evaluated in Iran ...