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Report of Two Cases

LTC Edmund C. Tramont, MC

JAMA. 1976;236(19):2206-2207.

Abstract
The isolation of Treponema pallidum from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) obtained from two adult patients, both of whom had normal CSF values except for positive fluorescent treponemal antibody-absorption (FTA-ABS) tests and both of whom had received currently recommended courses of penicillin, raises important considerations in the treatment of neurosyphilis in adults.

(JAMA 236:2206-2207, 1976)

Author Affiliations
USA

From the Infectious Diseases Service and the Department of Bacterial Disease, Walter Reed Medical Center and Institute of Research, Washington, DC.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Infectious Disease Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC (Dr Tramont).

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