Neurosyphilis: the shape of a rising threat

Blažeković, Antonela and Ozretić, David and Habek, Mario and Bilić, Ervina and Borovečki, Fran (2018) Neurosyphilis: the shape of a rising threat. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 76. pp. 1-3. ISSN 1201-9712

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2018.07.022

Abstract

This report describes a case of neurosyphilis presenting with memory disturbances, attention deficit, and acute psychotic decompensation in an immunocompetent man. Despite the known connection of neurosyphilis with psychiatric symptoms, this cause often remains unrecognized. This report emphasizes the importance of maintaining a suspicion for the disease in patients with vague symptoms and describes the diagnostic difficulties.

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© 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by- nc-nd/4.0/)

MeSH:

Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use ; Antipsychotic Agents/therapeutic use ; Dementia/cerebrospinal fluid ; Dementia/diagnosis ; Dementia/drug therapy ; Humans ; Lymphocytes/metabolism ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neuroimaging ; Neurosyphilis/cerebrospinal fluid ; Neurosyphilis/diagnosis ; Neurosyphilis/drug therapy ; Psychological Tests

Departments:

Katedra za anatomiju i kliničku anatomiju
Katedra za neurologiju
Katedra za radiologiju i opću kliničku onkologiju

Depositing User:

Anja Majstorović

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