title: [High-dose intravenous penicillin therapy in neurosyphilis. III. Evaluation of antitreponemal antibodies of the IgM class in cerebrospinal fluid and serum].
abstract: IgM antibodies against Treponema pallidum were investigated in the serum and in the CSF of 9 patients with symptomatic neurosyphilis, before the treatment and in several occasions after the treatment. Tests used were the FTA-Abs test, the IgM-solid phase hemadsorption test and an IgM-Elisa test. Titers of reactions decreased after treatment but they were still reactive in the blood and in the CSF during the second year after the treatment.
authors.affiliation: Clínica Neurológica do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Univrersidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nitrini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Vaz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spina-França
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis* / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis; D014210:Treponema pallidum / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D010400:Penicillin G
vernacular_title: Penicilinoterapia intravenosa em altas doses na neurossífilis. III. Avaliação de anticorpos antitreponêmicos da classe IgM no líqüido cefalorraqueano e no soro.