Seronegative secondary syphilis in 2 patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 431-433

  Kingston, Adean A ^a   Vujevich, Justin ^a   Shapiro, Michael ^b   Hivnor, Chad M ^b   Jukic, Drazen M ^a   Junkins Hopkins, Jacqueline M ^b   Jih, Debra M ^b   Kostman, Jay R ^b   James, William D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXORUBICIN; FAMCICLOVIR; PENICILLIN G;

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COMORBIDITY; EXOCYTOSIS; GENITAL HERPES; HEART INFARCTION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LICHENOID; MALE; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SKIN DEFECT; SPIROCHETE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN G; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17444361854     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.4.431     Document Type: Article

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