Treatment failure can occur with any regimen in patients with or without HIV infection. Because the possibility of clinical relapse after syphilis therapy may be slightly higher in HIV-infected patients, the importance of closely following HIV-infected patients with syphilis cannot be overstated.
Lumpectomy (sometimes known as a tylectomy) is a surgical removal of a discrete portion or lump of breast, usually in the treatment of malignant tumor or breast cancer.
Phlebotomy (from the Greek words phlebo-, meaning pertaining to a blood vessel, and -tomia, meaning cutting of) is the process of making an incision in a vein with a needle. The procedure itself is known as a venipuncture. A person who performs phlebotomy is called a phlebotomist, although doctors, nurses, medical laboratory scientists and others do portions of phlebotomy procedures in many countries.