PENICILLIN IN THE TREATMENT OF NEUROSYPHILIS. IV. CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CHANGES IN CASES OF SYMPTOMATIC NEUROSYPHILIS

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Article1 March 1947PENICILLIN IN THE TREATMENT OF NEUROSYPHILIS. IV. CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CHANGES IN CASES OF SYMPTOMATIC NEUROSYPHILISFRANK W. REYNOLDS, M.D.FRANK W. REYNOLDS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-26-3-393 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA study of the effect of penicillin in various forms of neurosyphilis was begun at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in October 1943. The results of the first two years' experience are being reported in a series of papers. The first of these1 dealt with the treatment of asymptomatic neurosyphilis, the second2 with general paresis, and the third3 with Erb's spastic paraplegia. The present paper, the fourth of the series, is concerned with the changes in the cerebrospinal fluid abnormalities in various types of symptomatic neurosyphilis considered as an admittedly conglomerate whole.Although there are disadvantages in grouping together such widely...Bibliography1. MOHRMOORE CFJE: Penicillin in the treatment of neurosyphilis. I. Asymptomatic neurosyphilis, Am. Jr. Syph., Gonor. and Ven. Dis., 1946, xxx, 405. Google Scholar2. REYNOLDSMOHRMOORE FWCFJE: Penicillin in the treatment of neurosyphilis. II. Dementia paralytica, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1946, cxxxi, 1255. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. TUCKER HA: Penicillin treatment of Erb's syphilitic spinal spastic paraplegia, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1946, lxxviii, 161. Google Scholar4. DATTNERTHOMASWEXLER BEWG: The management of neurosyphilis, 1944, Grune & Stratton, New York. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. MOORE JE: The modern treatment of syphilis, ed. 2, 1943, Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Ill., p. 346. Google Scholar6. : The changing character of commercial penicillin with suggestions as to the use of penicillin in syphilis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1946, cxxxi, 271. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Baltimore, Maryland*Received for publication August 1, 1946.From the United States Public Health Service and The Johns Hopkins University Venereal Disease Research and Post-Graduate Training Center, Baltimore, Md.This study was made under a contract recommended by the Committee on Medical Research, between the Office of Scientific Research and Development and The Johns Hopkins University. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDie Lues des NervensystemsResultados terapêuticos em 50 casos de neurossífilisSyphilisNeurology 1 March 1947Volume 26, Issue 3Page: 393-404KeywordsCerebrospinal fluidHealth services researchMedical servicesParaplegiaPenicillinSexually transmitted diseases Issue Published: 1 March 1947 PDF downloadLoading ...