Open AccessNeurosyphilis: German recommendations for selective screening
Author(s) -
Bernhard T. Baune,
H J Hagedorn,
W Kiehl
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.06.11.02097-en
Subject(s) - neurosyphilis , syphilis , german , penicillin , medicine , pediatrics , family medicine , history , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , archaeology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , biology
Syphilis related morbidity has decreased since the second world war, primarily as a result of the introduction of penicillin. This also meant a decrease in the occurrence of neurosyphilis. In England and Wales, 32 patients died from syphilis in 1974, compared with four in 1995 (1).