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ArticleCureus2023

A Rare Case of Neurosyphilis Manifesting as Psychosis in an HIV-Negative Patient.

Angela Yazigi, Majed Yazigi, Hadeel Zainah

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 49% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Angela YazigiInfectious Diseases, Al-Baath University, Faculty of Medicine, Homs, SYR.
Majed YazigiInfectious Diseases, Al-Baath University, Faculty of Medicine, Homs, SYR.
Hadeel ZainahInfectious Diseases, Kent-County Memorial Hospital, Warwick, USA.
Homs University · SYKent Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurosyphilis is a rare disease now, given the availability of antibiotics to treat syphilis. Patients with neurosyphilis could present with psychiatric symptoms. We present a rare case of neurosyphilis with only psychiatric symptoms. The patient was a 49-year-old male who presented with self-neglect and was not interacting with others. Treponema antibodies were positive, and rapid plasma reagin (RPR) was 1:512 with a positive venereal disease research laboratory test (VDRL) in the cerebrospinal fluid. The patient was treated with an IV penicillin regimen for neurosyphilis and improved remarkably with a return to baseline on follow-up.

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general paresishiv-negativeneurosyphilispsychiatric symptomstertiary syphilis

Identifiers

PMID37425525
PMCPMC10325951
OpenAlexW4379746051

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