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Atypical behavioral and psychiatric symptoms: Neurosyphilis should always be considered

Syphilis still remains a major health concern worldwide because of the possibility of serious medical and psychological consequences, long-term disability, and death. Neurosyphilis (NS) may occur at any stage of infection. Its clinical presentation has been changing over recent years including­ psyc...

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Autores principales: Crozatti, Lucas Lonardoni, de Brito, Marcelo Houat, Lopes, Beatriz Noele Azevedo, de Campos, Fernando Peixoto Ferraz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: São Paulo, SP: Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital Universitário 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4636106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26558247
http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2015.021
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author Crozatti, Lucas Lonardoni
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description Syphilis still remains a major health concern worldwide because of the possibility of serious medical and psychological consequences, long-term disability, and death. Neurosyphilis (NS) may occur at any stage of infection. Its clinical presentation has been changing over recent years including­ psychiatric and neurocognitive symptoms. Several recent studies have described cases with these symptoms as the principal signs of NS. We present the case of neurosyphilis with a psychiatric presentation characterized by mood disturbance and auditory and visual hallucinations.
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spelling pubmed-46361062015-11-10 Atypical behavioral and psychiatric symptoms: Neurosyphilis should always be considered Crozatti, Lucas Lonardoni de Brito, Marcelo Houat Lopes, Beatriz Noele Azevedo de Campos, Fernando Peixoto Ferraz Autops Case Rep Article / Clinical Case Report Syphilis still remains a major health concern worldwide because of the possibility of serious medical and psychological consequences, long-term disability, and death. Neurosyphilis (NS) may occur at any stage of infection. Its clinical presentation has been changing over recent years including­ psychiatric and neurocognitive symptoms. Several recent studies have described cases with these symptoms as the principal signs of NS. We present the case of neurosyphilis with a psychiatric presentation characterized by mood disturbance and auditory and visual hallucinations. São Paulo, SP: Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital Universitário 2015-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4636106/ /pubmed/26558247 http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2015.021 Text en Autopsy and Case Reports. ISSN 2236-1960. Copyright © 2014. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed of terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided article is properly cited.
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title_short Atypical behavioral and psychiatric symptoms: Neurosyphilis should always be considered
title_sort atypical behavioral and psychiatric symptoms: neurosyphilis should always be considered
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4636106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26558247
http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2015.021
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