Intravenous Drip Method in Intensive Arsenotherapy of Syphilis

Kaplan, Bernard I.

doi:10.1001/archderm.1942.01500110101011

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“…The 4 An analysis of the patients in these various therapeutic groups showed no significant differences regarding age or color, duration of the disease, previous therapy, and initial serologic titer. In general, the previous treatment was irregular and usually inadequate.…”

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“…The infection was terminated with either quinine sulfate or atabrine. Intensive arsenotherapy with mapharsen was given either by intravenous drip 4 before or after the anti-malarial agents or by the multiple syringe method 5 which was given concurrently. With the former method the patient received the infusions on 3 consecutive days totalling 600 to 720 mg. of mapharsen while with the latter technic 10 daily injections of 60 mg. of mapharsen were given.…”

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The Course of the Serologic Tests during Therapeutic Malaria in Patients with Syphilis

Kaplan¹,

Brightman²

1943

Am J Public Health Nations Health

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IN connection with investigations onthe role of malaria in the treatment of syphilis, changes were noted in the quantitative serologic tests during the course of the induced infections. These findings form the basis for this report.We know of no previous systematic study of the effect of malarial infection upon the quantitative determination of reagin in the serum of patients with syphilis. On the other hand, the development of a false positive serologic test for syphilis during the course of malaria in non-luetics seems to be well established by the recent investigations of Kitchen, Webb, and Kupper,1 and of Burney, Mays, and Iskrant.2 The earlier literature on this subject has been reviewed by Hazen and his collaborators.3 METHODS AND MATERIALAll individuals included in this report were studied at Sing Sing Prison Hospital with the exception of 10 patients who were observed in collabora-

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confidence: 99%