Sudden-onset bilateral deafness revealing early neurosyphilis

European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Diseases

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 389-391

  Cassilde, A L ^a   Barnaud, G ^a   Baccar, S ^a   Mortier, E ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DARUNAVIR; EMTRICITABINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PENICILLIN G; TENOFOVIR;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDITORY NEURITIS; BILATERAL HEARING LOSS; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEURITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSYPHILIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; MICROBIOLOGY; SUDDEN DEAFNESS;

ADULT; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS;

EID: 84916884389     PISSN: 18797296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anorl.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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