| Autor: |
BEERMAN, HERMAN, SCHAMBERG, IRA L., NICHOLAS, LESLIE, KATZENSTEIN, LAWRENCE |
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Archives of Internal Medicine; May 1954, Vol. 93 Issue: 5 p742-780, 39p |
| Abstrakt: |
PROPHYLAXIS THAT PROGRESS in the field of prophylaxis of syphilis is being made is indicated by two pertinent recent publications. In an editorial in the American Journal of Syphilis, Gonorrhea and Venereal Diseases230 concerning oral administration of penicillin in the prophylaxis of syphilis, the editor points out that while a single penicillin tablet ingested soon after exposure has been demonstrated to be highly effective in the prevention of gonorrhea and has been widely used in the Navy for this purpose such a method is not effective in the prophylaxis of syphilis. Weinstein and his co-workers253 have shown that 6,750,000 units of penicillin, administered by mouth, in conjunction with fever, is ineffective treatment for primary and secondary syphilis. Much less treatment is need to cure syphilis in the early incubation period. It is estimated that an amount of penicillin sufficient to provide blood penicillin levels of 0.2 γ per milliliter for a period |
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