Otosyphilis

Otosyphilis can be challenging to diagnose, but, if left unrecognized, it may cause irreversible damage. An immunologic interplay between syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) makes coinfection likely and may predispose people with HIV to neurosyphilis. In this study, we present a case of...

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Autores principales: Witt, Lucy S, Wendy Fujita, A, Ho, Jeanne, Shin, Yoo Mee, Kobaidze, Ketino, Workowski, Kimberly
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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ID Learning Units for Non-ID Specialists
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9907508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36776779
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac685
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author Witt, Lucy S
Wendy Fujita, A
Ho, Jeanne
Shin, Yoo Mee
Kobaidze, Ketino
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description Otosyphilis can be challenging to diagnose, but, if left unrecognized, it may cause irreversible damage. An immunologic interplay between syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) makes coinfection likely and may predispose people with HIV to neurosyphilis. In this study, we present a case of a man in his 50s with hearing loss and vertigo diagnosed with otosyphilis as well as a new diagnosis of HIV. This case and corresponding discussion serve to inform the noninfectious disease-trained clinician of the symptoms, diagnostics, and treatment options for otosyphilis as well as to discuss the relationship between HIV and syphilis and demonstrate the importance of disease recognition.
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spelling pubmed-99075082023-02-09 Otosyphilis Witt, Lucy S Wendy Fujita, A Ho, Jeanne Shin, Yoo Mee Kobaidze, Ketino Workowski, Kimberly Open Forum Infect Dis ID Learning Units for Non-ID Specialists Otosyphilis can be challenging to diagnose, but, if left unrecognized, it may cause irreversible damage. An immunologic interplay between syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) makes coinfection likely and may predispose people with HIV to neurosyphilis. In this study, we present a case of a man in his 50s with hearing loss and vertigo diagnosed with otosyphilis as well as a new diagnosis of HIV. This case and corresponding discussion serve to inform the noninfectious disease-trained clinician of the symptoms, diagnostics, and treatment options for otosyphilis as well as to discuss the relationship between HIV and syphilis and demonstrate the importance of disease recognition. Oxford University Press 2022-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9907508/ /pubmed/36776779 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac685 Text en © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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