Occurrence, risk factors, diagnosis and treatment of syphilis in the prospective observational Swiss HIV Cohort Study

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1907-1916

  Thurnheer, Maria Christine ^a   Weber, Rainer ^b   Toutous Trellu, Laurence ^c   Cavassini, Matthias ^d   Elzi, Luigia ^e   Schmid, Patrick ^f   Bernasconi, Enos ^g   Christen, Anna B ^a   Zwahlen, Marcel ^h   Furrer, Hansjakob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^g Hospital of Lugano   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Cerebrospinal fluid; Cohort studies; HIV infection; Latent syphilis; Male homosexuality; Neurosyphilis; Oral sex; Syphilis; Unsafe sex

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEUROSYPHILIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 77954761087     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833bfe21     Document Type: Article

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