Lues maligna in early HIV infection case report and review of the literature

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 512-514

  Tucker, Joseph D ^a   Shah, Sonali ^b   Jarell, Abel D ^a   Tsai, Kenneth Y ^a   Zembowicz, Artur ^a   Kroshinsky, Daniela ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; REAGIN TEST; SKIN DEFECT; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS, CUTANEOUS; TIME FACTORS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 68249138349     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181a2a946     Document Type: Article

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