Preferred Label : neurosyphilis;

MeSH definition : Infections of the central nervous system caused by TREPONEMA PALLIDUM which present with a variety of clinical syndromes. The initial phase of infection usually causes a mild or asymptomatic meningeal reaction. The meningovascular form may present acutely as BRAIN INFARCTION. The infection may also remain subclinical for several years. Late syndromes include general paresis; TABES DORSALIS; meningeal syphilis; syphilitic OPTIC ATROPHY; and spinal syphilis. General paresis is characterized by progressive DEMENTIA; DYSARTHRIA; TREMOR; MYOCLONUS; SEIZURES; and Argyll-Robertson pupils. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp722-8);

MeSH synonym : syphilis, cns; central nervous system syphilis; syphilis, central nervous system;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Syphilis;

MeSH hyponym : neurosyphilis, gummatous; juvenile paresis; neurosyphilis, juvenile; neurosyphilis, secondary; neurosyphilis, asymptomatic; general paralysis; neurosyphilis, symptomatic; Asymptomatic Neurosyphilis; Gummatous Neurosyphilis; General Paralyses; Paralyses, General; General Paresis of the Insane; General Paresis; General Pareses; Pareses, General; Paresis, General; Paretic Neurosyphilis; Neurosyphilis, Paretic; General Paralysis of the Insane; Paralysis, General; Secondary Neurosyphilis; Juvenile Pareses; Pareses, Juvenile; Paresis, Juvenile; Juvenile Neurosyphilis;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syphilis;

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Infections of the central nervous system caused by TREPONEMA PALLIDUM which present with a variety of clinical syndromes. The initial phase of infection usually causes a mild or asymptomatic meningeal reaction. The meningovascular form may present acutely as BRAIN INFARCTION. The infection may also remain subclinical for several years. Late syndromes include general paresis; TABES DORSALIS; meningeal syphilis; syphilitic OPTIC ATROPHY; and spinal syphilis. General paresis is characterized by progressive DEMENTIA; DYSARTHRIA; TREMOR; MYOCLONUS; SEIZURES; and Argyll-Robertson pupils. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp722-8)

https://www.cochrane.org/fr/CD011399/antibiotherapie-pour-adultes-atteints-de-neurosyphilis
2019
false
false
false
France
United Kingdom
anti-bacterial agents
anti-bacterial agents
ceftriaxone
penicillin G
treatment outcome
hiv infections
review of literature
french abstract
neurosyphilis
adult
antibiotic therapy

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https://www.revmed.ch/RMS/2013/RMS-384/Neuroborreliose-meningo-encephalite-verno-estivale-et-neurosyphilis
2013
Switzerland
French
lyme neuroborreliosis
neurosyphilis
journal article
encephalitis, tick-borne
lyme neuroborreliosis
lyme neuroborreliosis
encephalitis, tick-borne
neurosyphilis
neurosyphilis

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