Indian journal of dermatology, venereology and leprology
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Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol · Mar 2019
Observational StudyPredictors of serological cure after treatment in patients with early syphilis: A retrospective observational study in Thailand.
Some patients with early syphilis who receive appropriate treatment do not reach a serological cure and have a persistent titer which does not meet the criteria for treatment failure (serofast state). ⋯ Most patients with early syphilis who achieved a serological cure at 12 months after treatment had high baseline Venereal Disease Research Laboratory titers and CD4 cell counts. However, only 22 (12.3%) had a negative Venereal Disease Research Laboratory titer after 1 year of treatment.