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Emerg Infect Dis
; 17(6): 1083-5, 2011 Jun.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21749808
RESUMO
To estimate failure rates after treatment with benzathine penicillin and to identify determinants of failure that affected outcomes for yaws, we conducted a cohort study of 138 patients; treatment failed in 24 (17.4%). Having low initial titers on Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test and living in a village where yaws baseline incidence was high were associated with increased likelihood of treatment failure.