Changes in rapid plasma reagin titers in patients with syphilis before and after treatment: A retrospective cohort study in an HIV/AIDS referral hospital in Tokyo.

Kazuhiko Ikeuchi Kazuaki FukushimaMasaru TanakaKeishiro YajimaMakoto SaitoAkifumi Imamura

Published in: PloS one (2023)

In a mostly HIV patient population, RPR titer can show more than four-fold spontaneous increase or decrease within 1-3 months. Pre-treatment spontaneous decrease of RPR titer was associated with a slower decrease in post-treatment RPR titer.

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