Penicillin treatment of neurosyphilis. Are recommended dosages sufficient?
A 60-year-old man with symptomatic neurosyphilis was treated with penicillin G procaine in the dosages recommended by the Public Health Service, and a less than spirocheticidal level of penicillin G was found in the cerebrospinal fluid.
D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010401:Penicillin G Benzathine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010402:Penicillin G Procaine / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013997:Time Factors
D010406:Penicillins; D010402:Penicillin G Procaine; D010401:Penicillin G Benzathine