Glandular puncture as a method of early diagnosis of syphilis. Serner and Schister (Russ. Vest. Dermat., 1924, No. 8)

Abstract

Early recognition of syphilis is nowadays of particular importance because of the possibility of timely application of abortifacient treatment. However, the methods commonly used in the laboratory for the examination of sclerosis secretions do not give a positive answer in a number of cases, namely in locally treated sclerosis, in concomitant phimosis, and in mixed sclerosis. In order to make up for this deficiency, Serner and Schyster resort to the old method proposed back in 1905 by Noffmann - puncture of regional lymphatic glands.

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