Primary/Secondary Syphilis Response to Treatment
	• No definitive criteria for cure or failure are established • Re-examine clinically and serologically at 6 and 12 months • Consider treatment failure if signs/symptoms persist or sustained 4x increase in nontreponemal test • Treatment failure: HIV test, CSF analysis; administer benzathine pcn weekly x 3 wks • Additional therapy not warranted in instances when titers don’t decline despite nl CSF and repeat therapy