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Lues maligna
Author(s) -
Watson K. M. T.,
White J. M. L.,
Salisbury J. R.,
Creamer D.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2004.01630.x
Subject(s) - watson , medicine , histopathology , university hospital , dermatology , library science , family medicine , pathology , natural language processing , computer science
Summary The incidence of syphilis in the UK is rising, particularly in HIV‐positive men. We describe a Caucasian, HIV‐negative woman who presented with secondary syphilis taking the form known as lues maligna. She also demonstrated the prozone phenomenon whereby the rapid plasmin reagin test was negative, but the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory and Treponema pallidum haemagglutination tests were positive.