Data from a large study of syphilis indicate a high rate of neurosyphilis in HIV-infected patients with a CD4-cell count less than or equal to 350 or a serum RPR titer greater than or equal to 1:32.
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Invasion of the central nervous system occurs in nearly all patients during the early stages of syphilis, usually during the first year of the infection. Early neurosyphilis is essentially a ...
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Despite its recognition for centuries as “the great imitator,” neurosyphilis remains a diagnostic challenge because of its wide spectrum of presentations. Here we describe 3 men with neurosyphilis in ...
August 2, 2007 (Seattle) — Patients with HIV who have a history of syphilis may need to be managed aggressively and followed more closely than those experiencing initial infection, findings from a new ...
The rate of syphilis infection in Canada has risen in recent years. Early neurosyphilis typically presents as meningitis or meningovascular disease, while late neurosyphilis classically causes ...
Patients with HIV who also have early symptomatic neurosyphilis (NS) or ocular syphilis (OS) are more likely to be younger, be men who have sex with men, or have a history of syphilis compared with ...
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