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Case series of syphilis and HIV co-infections
Syphilis and HIV co-infection are indeed dangerous combinations. The present communication describes three different cases of syphilis and HIV co-infection in young men. The first case is a 25-year-old medical graduate with a primary and secondary syphilis lesions at time of presentation. The second...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Professional Medical Publicaitons
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3809308/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24353643 |
Sumario: | Syphilis and HIV co-infection are indeed dangerous combinations. The present communication describes three different cases of syphilis and HIV co-infection in young men. The first case is a 25-year-old medical graduate with a primary and secondary syphilis lesions at time of presentation. The second case is a 24-year-old government officer with right eye posterior uveitis where the serology tests for syphilis were reactive. His HIV tests were also positive. The final case is a 25-year-old homosexual who was admitted to the medical ward because of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. The HIV and syphilis serology tests were noted to be positive. |
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