Lues maligna in an HIV-infected patient

We report such a case of malignant syphilis in a 42-year-old HIV-infected man, co-infected with hepatitis B virus, who presented neurolues and the classical skin lesions of lues maligna. The serum VDRL titer, which was 1:64 at presentation, increased to 1:2,048 three months after successful therapy...

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Main Authors: Passoni Luiz Fernando Cabral, Menezes Jacqueline Anita de, Ribeiro Sayonara Rocha, Sampaio Érica Coutinho O.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2005
Subjects:
Malignant syphilis
Lues maligna
Neurolues
HIV infection
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/0b3f9345afbb4fac8f40c35535e1d6f6
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Summary:We report such a case of malignant syphilis in a 42-year-old HIV-infected man, co-infected with hepatitis B virus, who presented neurolues and the classical skin lesions of lues maligna. The serum VDRL titer, which was 1:64 at presentation, increased to 1:2,048 three months after successful therapy with penicillin, decreasing 15 months later to 1:8.

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