Neurosyphilis Masquerading as Herpes Encephalitis

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-31

  Dass, Krishna ^a   Shoham, Shmuel ^a   Lucey, Daniel R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSYPHILIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TABES DORSALIS;

EID: 1642431686     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.idc.0000104897.16995.1f     Document Type: Article

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