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è â Stages
- 1° chancre painless indurated
- 2° rash palms/soles, condyloma lata, mucous patches
- Latent (early < 1 yr, late > 1 yr)
- 3° gummas, aortitis, late neurosyphilis
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è â Treatment
- Benzathine PCN G:
- 1°/2°/early latent: 2.4M IM à 1
- Late latent: 2.4M IM weekly à 3
- Neurosyphilis: Aqueous PCN G 18-24M IV Ã 10-14d
- Pregnancy: PCN only (desensitize)
- Doxycycline alt non-preg non-neuro
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è â Jarisch-Herxheimer
- 6-24 hr after PCN
- Fever, chills, rash flare
- Toxin-like release; supportive, donât stop
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è â Serology
- Non-treponemal (RPR/VDRL) â titer for activity, 4-fold drop = response
- Treponemal (FTA-ABS, TP-PA, EIA) â lifelong +
- Reverse algorithm increasingly
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è â Argyll-Robertson Pupil
- Tabes dorsalis classic
- âAccommodates but doesnât react to lightâ (pupil constricts to near, not light)