Early asymptomatic neurosyphilis can be detected only by spinal-fluid examination. The percentage of abnormal spinal fluids depends upon the time and frequency of the examination, ranging from 9 ...

Khalil Ghanem教授： 苄星青霉素的短缺在美国尤为显著，而怀孕患者由于缺乏替代疗法而深受影响。对于未怀孕的无并发症梅毒患者，多西环素是一种 ...

Neurosyphilis was diagnosed in 50 of 233 HIV-coinfected subjects (about 20%) on the basis of a reactive CSF VDRL in 16 patients, a CSF WBC count >20 cells/mm 3 in 22, and both of these ...

Neurosyphilis is a disease of the brain and spinal cord and it has different symptoms to syphilis, the sexually transmitted illness. It can occur in people with syphilis, especially if they are ...

Early neurosyphilis occurs in primary, secondary and early latent infection, usually within the first year of infection. It most commonly causes headache, visual disturbances and loss of concentration ...

GEORGE P. PARASKEVAS, ELISABETH KAPAKI, EVANGELIA KARARIZOU, CHARALAMPOS MITSONIS, CONSTANTINOS SFAGOS, DEMETRIS VASSILOPOULOS, Cerebrospinal Fluid Tau Protein Is Increased in Neurosyphilis: A ...

For the past two centuries, patients with neurosyphilis were pariahs viewed with contempt by their physicians. Many patients were involuntarily institutionalized in epidemic numbers: in the early 20th ...

This is supported by the fact that although neurosyphilis frequently occurs in HIV-infected persons, patients with neurosyphilis mimicking autoimmune encephalitis are typically not infected with HIV.

Neurosyphilis is of especial concern for individuals with HIV as it could exacerbate the cognitive decline that has been associated with HIV infection in some research. A recent report found a ...

In late neurosyphilis, paralytic dementia, formerly known as general paresis of the insane, is characterized by progressive dementia with personality changes. 3 Tabes dorsalis is another presentation ...