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Case Reports
. 2005 Mar-Apr;38(2):181-4.
doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822005000200011. Epub 2005 Mar 30.

Lues maligna in an HIV-infected patient

Luiz Fernando Cabral Passoni  1 , Jacqueline Anita de Menezes, Sayonara Rocha Ribeiro, Erica Coutinho O Sampaio
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Lues maligna in an HIV-infected patient

Luiz Fernando Cabral Passoni et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2005 Mar-Apr.
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Abstract

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.

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