A rare case of syphilis associated with renal and hepatic involvement

We present an unusual case of syphilis that despite starting treatment with penicillin has evolved with renal complications. Due to glomerulonephritis with nephrotic syndrome the case required shared care between the renal physician and dermatologist. Doctors of different specialties need to keep in...

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Autores principales: Tatu, Alin Laurentiu, Popescu, Maria, Rotarescu, Radu, Popescu, Sanda Dorina
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Derm101.com 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3839835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24282667
http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0304a13
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author Tatu, Alin Laurentiu
Popescu, Maria
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description We present an unusual case of syphilis that despite starting treatment with penicillin has evolved with renal complications. Due to glomerulonephritis with nephrotic syndrome the case required shared care between the renal physician and dermatologist. Doctors of different specialties need to keep in mind that early syphilis can have visceral involvement and patients might need prompt, specific therapeutic intervention.
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spelling pubmed-38398352013-11-26 A rare case of syphilis associated with renal and hepatic involvement Tatu, Alin Laurentiu Popescu, Maria Rotarescu, Radu Popescu, Sanda Dorina Dermatol Pract Concept Articles We present an unusual case of syphilis that despite starting treatment with penicillin has evolved with renal complications. Due to glomerulonephritis with nephrotic syndrome the case required shared care between the renal physician and dermatologist. Doctors of different specialties need to keep in mind that early syphilis can have visceral involvement and patients might need prompt, specific therapeutic intervention. Derm101.com 2013-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3839835/ /pubmed/24282667 http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0304a13 Text en Copyright © 2013 Tatu et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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A rare case of syphilis associated with renal and hepatic involvement
title A rare case of syphilis associated with renal and hepatic involvement
title_full A rare case of syphilis associated with renal and hepatic involvement
title_fullStr A rare case of syphilis associated with renal and hepatic involvement
title_full_unstemmed A rare case of syphilis associated with renal and hepatic involvement
title_short A rare case of syphilis associated with renal and hepatic involvement
title_sort rare case of syphilis associated with renal and hepatic involvement
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3839835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24282667
http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0304a13
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