[Syphilitic meningoradiculitis in a patient with HIV]

Abstract

Meningoradiculitis is a rare presentation of neurosyphilis. In patients infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the first diagnosis to consider is cytomegaloviral (CMV) infection, as this is the most common cause of meningoradiculitis in these patients. The course of the disease and its response to treatment is highly influenced by immunodepression. We present an HIV+ patient with clinical meningoradiculitis due to syphilis.