Multiple ulcers in primary syphilis with negative rapid plasma reagin and Venereal Disease Research Laboratory tests: An unusual presentation during the re-emergence of syphilis in Albania

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-212

  Harxhi, A ^a   Kraja, D ^a   Shehu, E ^a   French, P ^b  

^a University of Agriculture of Tirana   (Albania)

^b Camden Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albania; Diagnosis; Genital ulceration; Primary syphilis; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ADULT; ALBANIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PENILE ULCER; PENIS DISEASE; PENIS GLANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREPUTIAL GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ADULT; ALBANIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE DISEASES; REAGINS; SKIN ULCER; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS, CUTANEOUS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 77949388844     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.008463     Document Type: Article

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