Worsened MRI findings during the early period of treatment with penicillin in a patient with general paresis

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 360-363

  Zhang, She Qing ^a   Wan, Bo ^b   Ma, Xiao Long ^a   Zheng, Hui Min ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

General paresis; Jarisch Herxheimer reaction; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurosyphilis; Penicillin

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PENICILLIN G SODIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PRESENILE DEMENTIA; REAGIN TEST; SLEEP DISORDER; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSYPHILIS; PENICILLIN G; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 53149130593     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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