Cerebrospinal fluid examination may be useful in diagnosing neurosyphilis in asymptomatic HIV+ patients with syphilis

Cerebrospinal fluid examination may be useful in diagnosing neurosyphilis in asymptomatic HIV+ patients with syphilis

ABSTRACT Lumbar puncture in neurologically asymptomatic HIV+ patients is still under debate. There are different criteria for detecting neurosyphilis through cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), especially in cases that are negative through the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL), regarding cellularit...

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Main Authors: Ronald Salamano, Raquel Ballesté, Abayubá Perna, Natalia Rodriguez, Diego Lombardo, Natalia García, Pablo López, Pablo Cappuccio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2016-02-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
neurosífilis
VIH positivo
VDRL
TPHA en LCR
indices en TPHA
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2016000200009&lng=en&tlng=en
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