Neurosyphilis: a masked evildoer

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 incidence increased with AIDS and HIV seropositivity. In this article, we present a case of neurosyph...

Neurosyphilis--a clinical survey.

With the advent of penicillin and other antibiotics, the incidence of syphilis in the West has largely declined (Martin, 1972). The classical forms of tabes dorsalis, G.P.I. and meningiovascular syphilis have become rarities (Ed. BMJ). This is replaced by atypical forms and in between forms of the disease (Hooshmand et al., 1972; Joyce-Clark et al., 1978 and Koffman, 1956). Despite being one of...

The treatment of neurosyphilis.

The Silence of Neurosyphilis

Introduction Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection. The infectious organism is a spirochete bacterium called Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. This organism also may transmit vertically inutero from mother to fetus resulting in congenital syphilis. The following is a case report of tertiary syphilis in the form of tabes dorsalis. This case is of interest due to the rarity of late n...

Tabetic arthropathy revealing neurosyphilis: a new observation

A 43-year-old man, consulted for a gradual increase in the volume of the knee that has evolved over 4 years. At the clinical exam the right knee joint was completely pain free with important swelling. The radiological features were characteristic in the right knee joint with complete destruction and slight at the left knee. The diagnosis was confirmed by the presence of positive syphilis serolo...