On the Diagnosis of Neurosyphilis in the Infectious Diseases Hospital
Journal Title: Актуальна інфектологія - Year 2014, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
A clinical case of neurosyphilis, which was diagnosed in an infectious diseases hospital, is described. Clinical symptoms of late neurosyphilis is non-specific, but the feature of its course current is the absence of fever and intoxication, protein-cell dissociation in the cerebrospinal fluid. The criterion of the effectiveness of therapy is normalization of cerebrospinal fluid parameters with negative specific serological tests (of microprecipitation, immunofluorescence). In the treatment of neurosyphilis, high-dose continuous antibiotic therapy is being used under the control of cerebrospinal fluid analysis.
Authors and Affiliations
O. M. Domashenko, A. O. Mantula, O. O. Sliusar, M. A. Aksionova, М. O. Matisko
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