Antibiotics for syphilis

References

Citations

  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2002). Syphilis: General principles. MMWR, 51(RR-6): 18–28.

  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006). Syphilis section of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines 2006. MMWR, 55(RR-11): 22–30. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment.

  3. Augenbraun M (2006). Syphilis and the nonvenereal treponematoses. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., ACP Medicine, section 7, chap. 6. New York: WebMD.

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Author: Kathe Gallagher, MSW
Maureen Shea
Last Updated: November 16, 2007
Medical Review: Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH - Infectious Disease
Andrew Swan, MD, CCFP, FCFP - Family Medicine

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