High frequency of neurosyphilis in HIV-positive patients diagnosed with early syphilis

HIV Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 323-326

  Firlag Burkacka, E ^a   Swiecki, P ^a   Cielniak, I ^a   Siwak, E ^a   Gizinska, J ^a   Bakowska, E ^a   Kubicka, J ^a   Pulik, P ^a   Kowalski, J ^a   Podlasin, R ^a   Horban, A ^b  

^a SP ZOZ Wojewodzki Szpital Zakazny Centrum Diagnostyki i Terapii AIDS Warszawa   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Neurosyphilis; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G POTASSIUM PLUS PROCAINE PENICILLIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUCOSA; NEUROSYPHILIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; VIRUS LOAD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPLICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIV INFECTIONS; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; RISK FACTORS; SYPHILIS; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941308815     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12307     Document Type: Article

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