ALLMedicine™ Neurosyphilis Center

Feb 16th, 2021 - BACKGROUND Syphilis has increased in prevalence in the United States by 72.7% from 2013 to 2017, with the highest rates recorded in men who have sex with men. There is an increased incidence of syphilis in patients with a concomitant HIV infection...

Feb 2nd, 2021 - Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (JHR) should be anticipated in treating neurosyphilis with coexistent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) encephalitis. In that context we have devised a staging classification for JHR. In addition, an illustrative case ...

Jan 22nd, 2021 - Despite the expansion of antenatal syphilis screening programs, congenital syphilis (CS) remains a concern. This study aimed to analyze the manifestation and progress of CS, including treatment and follow-up, based on a nationwide study. From the ...

Jan 15th, 2021 - Neurosyphilis Masquerading as Guillain-Barre Syndrome.|2021|McNiel CL,Bhat N,Bindiganavile SH,Raviskanthan S,Lee AG,|

Jan 13th, 2021 - Considering the unknown prevalence of neurosyphilis in West China, and the confusing diagnosis of neurosyphilis, the role of CSF_CXCL13 and syphilis serology was studied to provide a more accurate reference for the clinical detection and diagnosis...

Jun 4th, 2015 - Syphilis is a systemic disease caused by Treponema pallidum. The disease has been divided into stages based on clinical findings, helping to guide treatment and follow-up.

Feb 16th, 2021 - BACKGROUND Syphilis has increased in prevalence in the United States by 72.7% from 2013 to 2017, with the highest rates recorded in men who have sex with men. There is an increased incidence of syphilis in patients with a concomitant HIV infection...

Feb 2nd, 2021 - Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (JHR) should be anticipated in treating neurosyphilis with coexistent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) encephalitis. In that context we have devised a staging classification for JHR. In addition, an illustrative case ...

Jan 22nd, 2021 - Despite the expansion of antenatal syphilis screening programs, congenital syphilis (CS) remains a concern. This study aimed to analyze the manifestation and progress of CS, including treatment and follow-up, based on a nationwide study. From the ...

Jan 15th, 2021 - Neurosyphilis Masquerading as Guillain-Barre Syndrome.|2021|McNiel CL,Bhat N,Bindiganavile SH,Raviskanthan S,Lee AG,|

Jan 13th, 2021 - Considering the unknown prevalence of neurosyphilis in West China, and the confusing diagnosis of neurosyphilis, the role of CSF_CXCL13 and syphilis serology was studied to provide a more accurate reference for the clinical detection and diagnosis...

Aug 10th, 2020 - Answer 5/5 Which of the following infectious illnesses can cause mental status changes, such as psychosis, and should be ruled out in the differential diagnosis of schizophrenia? Your peers chose: HIV 0% Gonorrhea 0% Chlamydia 0% Cellulitis 0% HIV...

Oct 25th, 2019 - To the Editor: A 46-year-old man with a history of AIDS (viral load, 28,186 copies/mL; CD4 count, 22 cells/μL) presented with a 40-lb weight loss over the last 6 months as well as dysphagia and a new-onset pruritic facial eruption of 1 week’s dura.

Feb 26th, 2017 - SEATTLE – Neurologic symptoms are an unreliable indicator of neurosyphilis in patients with HIV, according to University of Washington, Seattle, investigators. After tapping 385 HIV patients with untreated syphilis and possible central nervous sys.

Nov 2nd, 2016 - Ocular syphilis cases increased from 2014 to 2015 in most jurisdictions studied, according to a surveillance report published November 4 in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. "All patients diagnosed with syphilis that exhibit ocular manife...

Nov 2nd, 2016 - Ocular syphilis cases increased from 2014 to 2015 in most jurisdictions studied, according to a surveillance report published November 4 in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. "All patients diagnosed with syphilis that exhibit ocular manife...