Pathologically confirmed malignant syphilis in an HIV-infected patient

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 2423-2426

  Yanagisawa, Naoki ^a   Ando, Minoru ^a   Imamura, Akifumi ^a   Akagi, Kumiko ^a   Horiguchi, Shin ichiro ^a   Suganuma, Akihiko ^a   Ajisawa, Atsushi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

HIV; Malignant syphilis; Ulceronodular skin lesions

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; REAGINIC ANTIBODY; VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEVER; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MALIGNANT SYPHILIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN ULCER; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 80054756106     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.5605     Document Type: Article

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