Normalization of Serum Rapid Plasma Reagin Titer Predicts Normalization of Cerebrospinal Fluid and Clinical Abnormalities after Treatment of Neurosyphilis | Zendy

Christina M. Marra | Zendy; Clare Maxwell | Zendy; Lauren C. Tantalo | Zendy; Sharon K. Sahi | Zendy; Sheila A. Lukehart | Zendy

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Normalization of Serum Rapid Plasma Reagin Titer Predicts Normalization of Cerebrospinal Fluid and Clinical Abnormalities after Treatment of Neurosyphilis

Author(s) -

Christina M. Marra,

Clare Maxwell,

Lauren C. Tantalo,

Sharon K. Sahi,

Sheila A. Lukehart

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/591534

Subject(s) - medicine , rapid plasma reagin , neurosyphilis , cerebrospinal fluid , titer , normalization (sociology) , syphilis , immunology , treponema , antibody , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sociology , anthropology

Success of neurosyphilis treatment is defined by normalization of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and clinical abnormalities. The goal of this study was to determine whether normalization of serum rapid plasma reagin (RPR) titer could accurately predict treatment success.

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