title: Penicillin treatment for gonorrhoea in relation to early syphilis in prostitutes.
abstract: A retrospective study of prostitutes in Singapore showed that they had received less antigonorrhoeal treatment with penicillin derivatives during the three month period before early syphilis was diagnosed than in other three month periods when they had not developed syphilis. This suggests that penicillin derivatives in doses sufficient to treat gonorrhoea will abort coincidental early syphilis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genitourinary Medicine, St Thomas's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Bradbeer
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Thin
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thirumoorthy
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011477:Sex Work; D013587:Syphilis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins