Cerebral Syphilitic Gumma in Immunocompetent Man, Japan

Although cerebral syphilitic gummas are generally considered to be rare manifestations of tertiary syphilis, many reports exist of early cerebral syphilitic gumma. Our finding of cerebral syphilitic gumma in an HIV-negative man within 5 months after syphilis infection suggests that this condition sh...

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Autores principales: Kodama, Tatsuya, Sato, Hidenori, Osa, Morichika, Fujikura, Yuji, Kawana, Akihiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5782894/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29350164
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2402.171444
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author Kodama, Tatsuya
Sato, Hidenori
Osa, Morichika
Fujikura, Yuji
Kawana, Akihiko
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description Although cerebral syphilitic gummas are generally considered to be rare manifestations of tertiary syphilis, many reports exist of early cerebral syphilitic gumma. Our finding of cerebral syphilitic gumma in an HIV-negative man within 5 months after syphilis infection suggests that this condition should be considered in syphilis patients who have neurologic symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-57828942018-02-07 Cerebral Syphilitic Gumma in Immunocompetent Man, Japan Kodama, Tatsuya Sato, Hidenori Osa, Morichika Fujikura, Yuji Kawana, Akihiko Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Although cerebral syphilitic gummas are generally considered to be rare manifestations of tertiary syphilis, many reports exist of early cerebral syphilitic gumma. Our finding of cerebral syphilitic gumma in an HIV-negative man within 5 months after syphilis infection suggests that this condition should be considered in syphilis patients who have neurologic symptoms. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5782894/ /pubmed/29350164 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2402.171444 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Kodama, Tatsuya
Sato, Hidenori
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Kawana, Akihiko
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title_full Cerebral Syphilitic Gumma in Immunocompetent Man, Japan
title_fullStr Cerebral Syphilitic Gumma in Immunocompetent Man, Japan
title_full_unstemmed Cerebral Syphilitic Gumma in Immunocompetent Man, Japan
title_short Cerebral Syphilitic Gumma in Immunocompetent Man, Japan
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topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5782894/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29350164
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2402.171444
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