Pathologically confirmed malignant syphilis using immunohistochemical staining: Report of 3 cases and review of the literature

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 94-97

  Cid, Paola Maldonado ^a   Cudós, Elena Sendagorta ^a   Zamora Vargas, Francisco X ^a   Merino, María José Beato ^a   Pinto, Pedro Herranz ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; REAGINIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GIANT CELL; HEADACHE; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; MALIGNANT SYPHILIS; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA CELL; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; PENICILLIN G BENZATHINE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYPHILIS, CUTANEOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84892951929     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000084     Document Type: Article

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