title: Treatment of latent and tertiary syphilis.
abstract: Although the efficacy of penicillin treatment for syphilis has been amply demonstrated, the optimal, curative dosage is still undefined. Some patients experience a third stage of the disease long after secondary-stage symptoms have resolved. Treatment differs in early and late latency and with the specific manifestations of tertiary-stage disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Augenbraun
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000821:virology; D013589:Syphilis, Cardiovascular; D013592:Syphilis, Latent / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014210:Treponema pallidum / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins; D010400:Penicillin G