Asymptomatic intracranial gumma in a patient with syphilitic uveitis and human immunodeficiency virus infection

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 343-345

  Lana Peixoto, Marco A ^a   Teixeira Jr , Antonio L ^a   Tzelikis, Patrick F M ^a   Campos, Wesley R ^a   Curi, André ^a   Oréfice, Fernando ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SLIT LAMP; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UVEITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSYPHILIS; PANUVEITIS; PENICILLINS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0038793413     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540310005413     Document Type: Article

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