Treatment of primary and secondary syphilis. Serological response
N. J. Fiumara
One hundred thirty-eight patients with primary syphillis and 161 patients
with secondary syphilis were treated with penicillin G benzathine, 2.4
million units given intramuscularly weekly for two weeks, for a total of
4.8 million units. All 138 patients with primary syphilis had a rapid
resolution of their lesions, and all became seronegative within one year.
Similarly, the 161 patients with secondary syphilis were cured clinically,
and all achieved seronegativity within 24 months.
