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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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:0b3f9345afbb4fac8f40c35535e1d6f6 2023-05-15T14:56:27+02:00 Lues maligna in an HIV-infected patient Passoni Luiz Fernando Cabral Menezes Jacqueline Anita de Ribeiro Sayonara Rocha Sampaio Érica Coutinho O. 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/0b3f9345afbb4fac8f40c35535e1d6f6 EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822005000200011 https://doaj.org/toc/0037-8682 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 0037-8682 1678-9849 https://doaj.org/article/0b3f9345afbb4fac8f40c35535e1d6f6 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 38, Iss 2, Pp 181-184 (2005) Malignant syphilis Lues maligna Neurolues HIV infection Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2005 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T02:57:38Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic
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topic Malignant syphilis
Lues maligna
Neurolues
HIV infection
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
spellingShingle Malignant syphilis
Lues maligna
Neurolues
HIV infection
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Passoni Luiz Fernando Cabral
Menezes Jacqueline Anita de
Ribeiro Sayonara Rocha
Sampaio Érica Coutinho O.
Lues maligna in an HIV-infected patient
topic_facet Malignant syphilis
Lues maligna
Neurolues
HIV infection
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
description 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.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Passoni Luiz Fernando Cabral
Menezes Jacqueline Anita de
Ribeiro Sayonara Rocha
Sampaio Érica Coutinho O.
author_facet Passoni Luiz Fernando Cabral
Menezes Jacqueline Anita de
Ribeiro Sayonara Rocha
Sampaio Érica Coutinho O.
author_sort Passoni Luiz Fernando Cabral
title Lues maligna in an HIV-infected patient
title_short Lues maligna in an HIV-infected patient
title_full Lues maligna in an HIV-infected patient
title_fullStr Lues maligna in an HIV-infected patient
title_full_unstemmed Lues maligna in an HIV-infected patient
title_sort lues maligna in an hiv-infected patient
publisher Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
publishDate 2005
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op_source Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 38, Iss 2, Pp 181-184 (2005)
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