Data from a large study of syphilis indicate a high rate of neurosyphilis in HIV-infected patients with a CD4-cell count less than or equal to 350 or a serum RPR titer greater than or equal to 1:32.

Neurosyphilis is a disease of the brain and spinal cord and it has different symptoms to syphilis, the sexually transmitted illness. It can occur in people with syphilis, especially if they are left ...

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Medicine is an imperfect science, its history shot through with barbaric and dubious practices from grave robbing to bloodletting. Since even before the time of that father of modern medicine, it can ...

A man was diagnosed with a syphilis infection in the brain, known as neurosyphilis, after he struggled to walk and talk normally for months, according to a recent case report. The 50-year-old man’s ...

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Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) have become a widespread health problem, accounting for an estimated 37.4 crore new infections each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This ...

The rate of syphilis infection in Canada has risen in recent years. Early neurosyphilis typically presents as meningitis or meningovascular disease, while late neurosyphilis classically causes ...

Patients with HIV who also have early symptomatic neurosyphilis (NS) or ocular syphilis (OS) are more likely to be younger, be men who have sex with men, or have a history of syphilis compared with ...

A new film about Al Capone, one of the most famous mob figures of all time, doesn't focus on his criminal exploits or his downfall and imprisonment. Instead, it squares its sights on a rarely told ...