An updated review of recent advances in neurosyphilis

J Zhou, H Zhang, K Tang, R Liu, J Li - Frontiers in medicine, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neurosyphilis is caused by Treponema pallidum invading the central nervous system, of
which the incidence is increasing worldwide. Due to its variable clinical manifestations …

Non-conventional interventions to prevent gonorrhea or syphilis among men who have sex with men: a scoping review

J Tran, CK Fairley, H Bowesman, ET Aung… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objectives We assessed nonconventional interventions that did not traditionally focus on
increasing condom use and/or testing among men who have sex with men (MSM) and the …

German guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of neurosyphilis

M Klein, K Angstwurm, S Esser, K Hahn… - … research and practice, 2020 - Springer
Introduction In view of the importance of neurosyphilis and the difficulties encountered in
diagnosing it, the S1 guideline “Neurosyphilis” has been published by the German Society …

Give penicillin or ceftriaxone: Neurosyphilis does not deal in absolutes

NW Cortés-Penfield, DM Musher - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2024 - academic.oup.com
1. Xie L, Li W, Ye WM, et al. Serum ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase-L1, glial fibrillary acidic
protein, and neurofilament light chain are good entry points and biomarker candidates for …

Care-Ns, a research strategy for neurosyphilis

FZ Du, X Zhang, RL Zhang, QQ Wang - Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Neurosyphilis is a major clinical manifestation of syphilis. In recent years, an increase in
neurosyphilis cases has been reported in many countries. The overall incidence of …

Clinical, laboratory and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characteristics of asymptomatic and symptomatic HIV-negative neurosyphilis patients

C He, Q Kong, X Shang, Y Duan, Y Cui, J Wang… - Journal of Infection and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction There are few studies concerning the differences between asymptomatic
neurosyphilis (ANS) and symptomatic neurosyphilis (SNS). This study aimed to summarize …

Identification of the factors associated with post-treatment asymptomatic neurosyphilis in HIV-negative patients with serological non-response syphilis: a retrospective …

W Weng, J Hou, B Song, M Zhang… - … journal of STD & …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Some syphilis patients do not exhibit an appropriate serological response after treatment
despite the absence of any clinical evidence of treatment failure or reinfection. This condition …

Clinical parameter-based prediction model for neurosyphilis risk stratification

Y Yang, X Gu, L Zhu, Y Cheng, H Lu, Z Guan… - Epidemiology & …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Accurately predicting neurosyphilis prior to a lumbar puncture (LP) is critical for the prompt
management of neurosyphilis. However, a valid and reliable model for this purpose is still …

Reply to: Cortés-Penfield and Musher

M Hamill, KG Ghanem… - Clinical Infectious …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
We appreciate Cortés-Penfield and Musher's thoughtful letter [1]. Although ceftriaxone may
be equivalent or even superior to penicillin in treating neurosyphilis, available data cannot …

Catatonia in the Context of Cognitive Decline Due to Neurosyphilis: A Case Report and Literature Review

JCC Martínez, FM Carrillo, EAM Morales… - Revista Colombiana de …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Neurosyphilis has long been recognized as a disease with great mimicking
power for multiple neuropsychiatric syndromes, whose prevalence and clinical …