New Directions In STD Treatment - University of Hawaii
New Directions In STD Treatment - University of Hawaii
New Directions In STD Treatment - University of Hawaii
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Criteria for CSF Examination<br />
� Neurologic or ophthalmic symptoms/signs<br />
� Evidence <strong>of</strong> tertiary disease<br />
� aortitis, gumma, iritis<br />
� <strong>Treatment</strong> failure<br />
� HIV infection with late latent or latent <strong>of</strong> unknown<br />
duration<br />
� Some experts recommend a CSF exam in all<br />
patients with latent syphilis and an RPR titer<br />
≥ 1:32 and HIV-infected patients with CD4<br />
count ≤ 350