Lues maligna in an HIV-infected patient

We report such a case of malignant syphilis in a 42-year-old HIV-infected man, co-infected with hepatitis B virus, who presented neurolues and the classical skin lesions of lues maligna. The serum VDRL titer, which was 1:64 at presentation, increased to 1:2,048 three months after successful therapy...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 2005-03, Vol.38 (2), p.181-184
Main Authors: Passoni, Luiz Fernando Cabral, de Menezes, Jacqueline Anita, Ribeiro, Sayonara Rocha, Sampaio, Erica Coutinho O
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - diagnosis
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - drug therapy
Cardiolipins - analysis
Cholesterol - analysis
HIV infection
Humans
Lues maligna
Male
Malignant syphilis
Neurolues
Penicillins - therapeutic use
Phosphatidylcholines - analysis
Syphilis, Cutaneous - diagnosis
Syphilis, Cutaneous - drug therapy
TROPICAL MEDICINE
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Summary:We report such a case of malignant syphilis in a 42-year-old HIV-infected man, co-infected with hepatitis B virus, who presented neurolues and the classical skin lesions of lues maligna. The serum VDRL titer, which was 1:64 at presentation, increased to 1:2,048 three months after successful therapy with penicillin, decreasing 15 months later to 1:8.
ISSN:0037-8682
1678-9849
0037-8682
1678-9849
DOI:10.1590/s0037-86822005000200011