Syphilis? An Unusual Cause of Surgical Emergency in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Man | Zendy

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Syphilis? An Unusual Cause of Surgical Emergency in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Man

Author(s) -

Rachel Bender Ignacio,

Lisa Koch,

Shireesha Dhanireddy,

B. Charmie Godornes,

Sheila A. Lukehart,

Jeanne Marrazzo

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofv094

Subject(s) - medicine , syphilis , rash , anus , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , treponema , polymerase chain reaction , surgery , biochemistry , chemistry , gene

We report on a human immunodeficiency virus-infected man undergoing urgent anorectal surgery, with multi-centimeter fungating masses discovered inside the anus. Initial pathology was inconclusive. After the patient developed a disseminated rash postoperatively determined to be secondary syphilis, the anorectal pathology was reviewed and Treponema pallidum DNA was amplified by polymerase chain reaction from the mass.

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