Open AccessClinical features of neurosyphilis in sex partners
Author(s) -
О. В. Колоколов,
А. Л. Бакулев,
И. И. Шоломов,
S S Kravchenya,
О А Поповичева,
О. В. Колоколов,
А. Л. Бакулев,
И. И. Шоломов,
S S Kravchenya,
О А Поповичева
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
vestnik dermatologii i venerologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2313-6294
pISSN - 0042-4609
DOI - 10.25208/vdv1030
Subject(s) - neurosyphilis , syphilis , medicine , disease , pediatrics , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pathology
There was a study involving 726 patients with different syphilis forms with the aim of revealing a neurological deficiencyin them. Nervous system affection symptoms were founding 298 of them. Neurosyphilis was diagnosed in 165 patientsbased on the conducted examination. There were five neurosyphilis cases in sex partners among them. The articleprovides a detailed description of the clinical picture of the disease and discloses the laboratory examination results.The polymorphism of clinical and laboratory manifestations of the syphilitic infection in sex partners can be explained bydifferent terms of infestation, particulars of the immunity and presence of concomitant neurologic and somatic diseases.