RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Tabes dorsalis progressing to general paresis after 20 years despite routine penicillin therapy.
JF The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
JO Br J Vener Dis
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 368
OP 371
DO 10.1136/sti.56.6.368
VO 56
IS 6
A1 Giles, A J
YR 1980
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/56/6/368.abstract
AB A man with a history of treatment for early syphilis presented with tabes dorsalis. Despite receiving a course of penicillin accepted as adequate by the World Health Organisation the illness progressed to tabo-paresis after 20 years. Reinfection cannot be excluded.