Clinical Review
The Trouble with Treponemes
Common Errors in Internal Medicine
Fed Pract. 2006 August;23(8):29
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Susan George, MD, CPT, MC, USA and Emil Lesho, DO, LTC, MC, USA
CPT George is an infectious diseases fellow at Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX. LTC Lesho is an investigator in the division of retrovirology at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC and the National Navy Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
Asking about a patient’s sexual history can mean the difference between a long, costly evaluation and a quick diagnosis when syphilis may be the etiology of the patient's symptoms.