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To the Editor: The article by McCormack (Jan. 13 issue)¹ makes no mention of the importance of routine screening for syphilis and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in patients with pelvic inflammatory disease. Only two of the four treatment regimens adequately treat syphilis (those that include a full 14 days of doxycycline), and none of the regimens are ideal, since they do not include the drug of choice, penicillin². In addition, patients with a diagnosis of syphilis need to have repeated Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) tests at three and six months to check for a cure²; therefore, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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