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.

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 ...

Medicine is an imperfect science, its history shot through with barbaric and dubious practices from grave robbing to bloodletting. Since even before the time of that father of modern medicine, it can ...

Neurosyphilis (NS) is a bacterial infection of the central nervous system (CNS). It is a complication of the sexually transmitted disease syphilis. Neurosyphilis can develop at any stage of syphilis.

A man was diagnosed with a syphilis infection in the brain, known as neurosyphilis, after he struggled to walk and talk normally for months, according to a recent case report. The 50-year-old man’s ...

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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 ...

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Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by bacteria and has four stages. Early diagnosis and antibiotic ...