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German guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of neurosyphilis
Neurological Research and Practice, 2020 Introduction In view of the importance of neurosyphilis and the difficulties encountered in diagnosing it, the S1 guideline “Neurosyphilis” has been published by the German Society for Neurology (DGN) in accordance with the stipulations of the ...
Matthias Klein +9 more
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019 Introduction: The confirmation or analysis and exclusion of a diagnosis of neurosyphilis has long presented a challenge for infectious diseases clinicians. The authors reviewed the concordance between cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis and the subsequent
O.C. Smibert +3 more
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Neurosyphilis in Africa: A systematic review. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 IntroductionNeurological involvement is one of the most important clinical manifestations of syphilis and neurological disease occurs in both early and late syphilis. The impact of HIV co-infection on clinical neurosyphilis remains unclear.
Michael Marks +3 more
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Orofacial Involuntary Movements in Neurosyphilis: Beyond the Candy Sign
Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2017 Background: Involvement of the central nervous system in patients with syphilis (neurosyphilis) may result in several neuropsychiatric symptoms. Rarely, patients with neurosyphillis may develop movement disorders with different phenomenology. Subtle
Abhishek Lenka +4 more
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Diagnostic tools for neurosyphilis: a systematic review
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Purpose Increasing incidences of syphilis highlight the preoccupation with the occurrence of neurosyphilis. This study aimed to understand the current diagnostic tools and their performance to detect neurosyphilis, including new technologies and the ...
Gustavo Henrique Pereira Boog +7 more
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Neurosyphilis: The shape of a rising threat [PDF]
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018 This report describes a case of neurosyphilis presenting with memory disturbances, attention deficit, and acute psychotic decompensation in an immunocompetent man.
Antonela Blažeković +4 more
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Did you rule out neurosyphilis?
Dementia & NeuropsychologiaNeurosyphilis, formerly a frequent cause of dementia, is now a rare condition in developed countries. However, syphilis remains common in many developing countries, where adequate diagnosis and treatment of early syphilis may be lacking, increasing the ...
Ricardo Nitrini +3 more
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The new progress on diagnosis and treatment of neurosyphilis
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2016 Neurosyphilis refers to a chronic infectious disease caused by Treponema pallidum (TP) infection of the central nervous system. The clinical manifestations of neurosyphilis are varied, and the misdiagnosis rate is very high. Particularly when combined
Na WANG +4 more
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New England Journal of Medicine, 2019 AbstractNeurosyphilis is caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum (T. pallidum). The organism gains entry into the central nervous system (CNS) early (primary syphilis or chancre phase) in the course of infection. While most patients are able to mount an immune response that effectively clears CNS invasion without long-term ...
Hemil, Gonzalez +2 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 BackgroundIn recent years, the incidence of syphilis has increased year by year. Our study is to explore the risk factors for the development of neurosyphilis in patients who failed syphilis treatment.MethodsA total number of 165 patients with complete ...
Wenying Cui +5 more
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