A case of lues maligna in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 697-700

  D'Amico, Ronald ^a   Zalusky, Ralph ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LUES MMALIGNA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REAGIN TEST; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERONODULAR CUTANEOUS SYPHILIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYPHILIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 25444447697     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540510034464     Document Type: Review

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