Neurosyphilis: a case report

Syphilis is a multisystem chronic infection caused by treponema pallidum. It can cause psychiatric disorders including depression, mania, psychosis, personality changes, delirium and dementia. With the introduction of penicillin into practice, the number of cases with syphilis decreased and its inci...

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Autores principales: Toptan, Tugce, Ozdilek, Betul, Kenangil, Gulay, Ulker, Mustafa, Domac, Fusun Mayda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Kare Publishing 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5175054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28058343
http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/nci.2015.96268
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author Toptan, Tugce
Ozdilek, Betul
Kenangil, Gulay
Ulker, Mustafa
Domac, Fusun Mayda
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description Syphilis is a multisystem chronic infection caused by treponema pallidum. It can cause psychiatric disorders including depression, mania, psychosis, personality changes, delirium and dementia. With the introduction of penicillin into practice, the number of cases with syphilis decreased and its incidence increased with AIDS and HIV seropositivity. In this article, we present a case of neurosyphilis that manifested itself with neuropsychiatric symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-51750542017-01-05 Neurosyphilis: a case report Toptan, Tugce Ozdilek, Betul Kenangil, Gulay Ulker, Mustafa Domac, Fusun Mayda North Clin Istanb Case Report Syphilis is a multisystem chronic infection caused by treponema pallidum. It can cause psychiatric disorders including depression, mania, psychosis, personality changes, delirium and dementia. With the introduction of penicillin into practice, the number of cases with syphilis decreased and its incidence increased with AIDS and HIV seropositivity. In this article, we present a case of neurosyphilis that manifested itself with neuropsychiatric symptoms. Kare Publishing 2015-04-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5175054/ /pubmed/28058343 http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/nci.2015.96268 Text en Copyright: © Istanbul Northern Anatolian Association of Public Hospitals http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5175054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28058343
http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/nci.2015.96268
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