Early neurosyphilis presenting with facial palsy and an oral ulcer in a patient who is human immunodeficiency virus positive: a case report

BACKGROUND: Neurosyphilis is the tertiary stage of Treponema pallidum infection that involves the central nervous system, which occurs within days or weeks after an initial syphilis infection, especially in immunocompromised patients. The diagnosis of neurosyphilis is quite challenging as it is unco...

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Autores principales: Njiru, Evangeline, Abdulkadir, Jamil, Kamuren, Zipporah, Kigen, Gabriel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5429523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28499407
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1297-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5429523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28499407
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1297-0

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