[Antibiotics in the treatment of syphilis (history, modern state of the problem, perspectives)]

Abstract

Submitted in the report are data in brief outline on therapy of syphylis with mercury, arsenic, bismuth preparations and their use-associated complications. Historical stages of discovery, production, use of penicillin and its durant forms are described together with those of other antibiotics in the treatment os syphylitic infection in the USSR and abroad. A comparative efficiency of antibioticotherapy versus therapeutic modalities (combined and permanent) is given.