Malignant syphilis with human immunodeficiency virus infection

Malignant syphilis or Lues maligna, commonly reported in the pre-antibiotic era, has now seen a resurgence with the advent of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Immunosuppression and sexual promiscuity set the stage for this deadly association of HIV and Treponema pallidum that can manifest atypica...

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Autores principales: Rajan, Jiby, Prasad, P. V. S., Chockalingam, K., Kaviarasan, P. K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3481795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23130209
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.79864
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author Rajan, Jiby
Prasad, P. V. S.
Chockalingam, K.
Kaviarasan, P. K.
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description Malignant syphilis or Lues maligna, commonly reported in the pre-antibiotic era, has now seen a resurgence with the advent of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Immunosuppression and sexual promiscuity set the stage for this deadly association of HIV and Treponema pallidum that can manifest atypically and can prove to cause diagnostic problems. We report one such case in a 30-year-old female who responded favorably to treatment with penicillin.
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spelling pubmed-34817952012-11-05 Malignant syphilis with human immunodeficiency virus infection Rajan, Jiby Prasad, P. V. S. Chockalingam, K. Kaviarasan, P. K. Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Malignant syphilis or Lues maligna, commonly reported in the pre-antibiotic era, has now seen a resurgence with the advent of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Immunosuppression and sexual promiscuity set the stage for this deadly association of HIV and Treponema pallidum that can manifest atypically and can prove to cause diagnostic problems. We report one such case in a 30-year-old female who responded favorably to treatment with penicillin. Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3481795/ /pubmed/23130209 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.79864 Text en © Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Malignant syphilis with human immunodeficiency virus infection
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title_full Malignant syphilis with human immunodeficiency virus infection
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title_short Malignant syphilis with human immunodeficiency virus infection
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3481795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23130209
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.79864
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