Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
11-19-2019
Department
Pharmacy Practice
Abstract
Recent epidemiologic data demonstrate increasing rates of neurosyphilis, particularly among those in the community of men who have sex with men and those coinfected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Here we discuss a case of early neurosyphilis and new HIV diagnosis in a 27-year-old previously-healthy trans woman presenting for the second time with progressive, ascending weakness and cranial nerve VI palsy. Emergency physicians should consider this rare but highly morbid diagnosis, given the rising prevalence of neurosyphilis among at-risk patients and those with new neurologic deficits.
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Mercurio, L., Taylor, L. E, & Jarman, A. F. (2020). Neurosyphilis: Old Disease, New Implications for Emergency Physicians. Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 4(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.9.43871 Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0gp0n4x6
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