Neurosyphilitic gumma in a homosexual man with HIV infection confirmed by polymerase chain reaction

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 568-569

  Morshed, Muhammad G ^a,b   Lee, Min Kuang ^a   Maguire, John ^b,c   Zwimpfer, Thomas ^c   Willoughby, Brian ^b   Clement, Jason ^d   Crawford, Richard I ^b,d   Barberie, Jay ^d   Gul, Shahid ^c   Jones, Hugh ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain gumma; Infectious diseases; Public health; Sexual medicine; Treponema pallidum

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; DIDANOSINE; LAMIVUDINE;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSYPHILITIC GUMMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSYPHILIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 49449109444     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2007.007287     Document Type: Article

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