Abstract
Serologic Response A prolonged follow-up study of the pattern of serologic response after penicillin therapy for early syphilis is of utmost importance. A monthly quantitative test is desirable in all cases and should be performed for probably not less than a year. The quantitative determination of reagin titer at monthly intervals will enable the practicing physician correctly to assay the response to treatment and should warn him of an impending relapse before it becomes clinically manifest. In early syphilis adequate therapy with penicillin will usually reverse positive serologic tests to negative in about six months.74 Some patients, especially in the . . .
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