SYPHILIS AND HIV INFECTION: PROZONE EFFECT IN A PATIENT WITH NEUROSYPHILIS

• Autor(a) principal: Slaibi, Érica Bertolace
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Nina, Fernanda Campos Amaral Figueiredo, Velihovetchi, Nathalia, de Bastos, Mayara Lisboa Soares, Ronchini, Karla, Nery, José Augusto da Costa, Vieira, André Filipe Marcondes, Belo, Márcia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.71.1.134

We report a case of prolonged secondary syphilis with asymptomatic neurological involvement in HIV- -infected patient. A 26-year-old male patient who was diagnosed three years earlier with HIV infection presented with skin lesions on the feet and hands, alopecia, fever, arthralgia, weight loss of 8 Kg which began one year before and had a negative VDRL. During hospitalization, his VDRL was 1:1024 and a CSF-VDRL positive. The patient had an excel- lent clinical response to treatment with crystalline penicillin. The syphilis diagnosis should be considered in HIV-infected patients with severe clinical disease, even when the VDRL is negative. KEYWORDS – Sexually transmitted diseases; HIV infections; Neurosyphilis; Syphilis.