OBJECTIVE: To determine the usefulness of cerebrospinal fluid tests in the diagnosis of
neurosyphilis. METHODS: Two hundred and seven cerebrospinal fluid-Venereal Disease …

Abstract From 1978 to 1987, 1,665 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fluorescent treponemal
antibody absorption (CSF‐FTA‐ABS) tests were performed as the screening procedure for …

Objectives: We evaluated the use of treponemal serum tests in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to
diagnose neurosyphilis since CSF–Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) is …

Management of neurosyphilis: time for a new approach? - Smibert - 2018 - Internal Medicine
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In the last decades, it has been considered that syphilis and its complications, including
neurological damage, are able to be kept under control with proper epidemiological …

Our objective is to assess the specificity and sensitivity, and thus elaborate the relevance, of
different laboratory findings for the diagnosis of neurosyphilis. One hundred and fourteen …

Syphilis is a re-emerging sexually-transmitted infection, caused by the spirochete
Treponema pallidum, that may penetrate early into the central nervous system. The venereal …

Objective: Examine prevalence and diagnostic utility of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) treponemal
antibodies in early syphilis. Design: Comparison study. Setting: Sexually transmitted …

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and syphilis affect similar patient groups and co-
infection is common. Patients with HIV are at increased risk for neurosyphilis.[19] All patients …

In the recent literature about neurosyphilis, several publications have mentioned more
atypical presentations of neurosyphilis. Inadequate penicillin therapy and improved …