Secondary Pulmonary Syphilis: Report of A Likely Case and Literature Review | Zendy

G. David | Zendy; T. Perpoint | Zendy; A. Boibieux | Zendy; JeanBaptiste Pialat | Zendy; H. Salord | Zendy; M. Devouassoux | Zendy; C. Chidiac | Zendy; D. Peyramond | Zendy

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Secondary Pulmonary Syphilis: Report of A Likely Case and Literature Review

Author(s) -

G. David,

T. Perpoint,

A. Boibieux,

JeanBaptiste Pialat,

H. Salord,

M. Devouassoux,

C. Chidiac,

D. Peyramond

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/499104

Subject(s) - syphilis , medicine , bronchoalveolar lavage , secondary syphilis , treponematosis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pathology , immunology , lung , sexually transmitted disease

We report the case of a homosexual, HIV-positive man with typical secondary syphilis and multiple excavated pulmonary subpleural nodules. Syphilis with direct pulmonary involvement was suggested by a positive result of PCR of a bronchoalveolar lavage fluid specimen, then confirmed by a positive therapeutic test result. Only 9 reports of pulmonary involvement in secondary syphilis have been reported to date in the English-language literature. Clinicians should be aware of this atypical localization of syphilis.

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