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Neurosciences. 2006; 11 (3): 197-200
em Inglês
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-79743
RESUMO
Neurosyphilis is the infection of the central nervous system with treponema pallidum species, and true to its reputation as the old mimic, can present with a multitude of clinical scenarios, one of which is stroke in the young. Rare in developed countries, except for an at-risk population of drug abusers and HIV infected patients; it is still common in the rest of the world. We describe the case of a young Indian male, his presentation, diagnosis and treatment, and remarkable recovery on aqueous penicillin G therapy following his presentation with a stroke
Assuntos
Humanos , Masculino , Neurossífilis/tratamento farmacológico , Penicilina G , Acidente Vascular Cerebral , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
2.
Saudi Medical Journal. 2005; 26 (2): 338-40
em Inglês
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-74827