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Status Epilepticus as an Initial Manifestation of Neurosyphilis: A Case Report
Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2006 Seizures and focal neurologic deficits may be the complications of neurosyphilis, but status epilepticus as a presenting picture of neurosyphilis is rare.
Chien-Hsun Li, Ruey-Tay Lin
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Brain and Behavior, 2021 Background and Purpose Ischemic stroke is a common clinical feature of neurosyphilis, but its accompanying cognitive decline is often overlooked. The mechanisms of cognitive impairment in neurosyphilis presenting with ischemic stroke are not fully ...
Lei Xiang +5 more
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, 2022 This review focuses on typical and atypical manifestations of neurosyphilis. The manifestations of neurosyphilis are manyfold and may involve many specialties.
Salado-Rasmussen, Kirsten +3 more
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Neurosyphilis: A Comprehensive Review of Clinical Manifestations, Diagnosis, and Treatment [PDF]
Neurosyphilis, a sexually transmitted infection caused by Treponema pallidum, occurs when this organism breaches the central nervous system, particularly in individuals with compromised immune systems such as those living with HIV.
Pasha S A Rahil +2 more
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Infection control in the brain and the eye
Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.Abstract The Central Nervous System (CNS), comprising the brain and the eye, is considered to have a ‘privileged’ mechanism for dealing with immunological challenge (immune privilege, IP). CNS IP has been revealed through experiments using foreign protein antigens and cell and tissue alloantigens (grafts), but evidence for a role for IP in modulating ...
John V. Forrester +2 more
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Neurosyphilis: An Important Cause of Recurrent Strokes [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Neurosyphilis can manifest as recurrent brain infarction, although not frequently, but can be challenging to diagnose due to atypical presentations.
Una Sutton-Fitzpatrick +2 more
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The Changing Face of Neurosyphilis
, 2011 The incidence of syphilis has increased over the past decade, particularly among HIV-positive patients, and the presenting clinical features have changed since the beginning of the HIV epidemic.
Muhammad S. Hussain +3 more
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LATE NEUROSYPHILIS: TRENDS AND CHALLENGES. [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Syphilis is not only a disease of historical importance. It has been recognized that nowadays, in the era of AIDS, it still remains a serious challenge. For the last two decades there has been a resumption of neurosyphilis cases.
Yavor Entchev +7 more
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Meningovascular neurosyphilis with basilar artery thrombosis in HIV patient
Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2018 Currently, neurosyphilis is an uncommon disease and may occur at any stage of syphilis. Co-infection of syphilis with HIV can affect the clinical course.
Edgar Perez Barragán +3 more
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The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.Human RNase 7 is known to exert antimicrobial activity in epithelial tissues. Here, using SH‐SY5Y and U‐87 MG, neuroblastoma and glioblastoma cell lines, respectively, we found that RNase 7 enhances immune responses to LPS stimulation by reducing the expression of pro‐inflammatory cytokines, nitric oxide, and ROS.
Rosanna Culurciello +9 more
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