1988
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(88)90600-6
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Lues maligna in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection

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“…To the best of our knowledge, there have been only 6 published cases in the English language literature of pathologically confirmed malignant syphilis in HIV-infected patients including ours (Table 1). We demonstrated the presence of spirochetes using immunohistochemical stain, while others used WarthinStarry stain (2,5,8) and Steiner stain (9,10).…”
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“…To the best of our knowledge, there have been only 6 published cases in the English language literature of pathologically confirmed malignant syphilis in HIV-infected patients including ours (Table 1). We demonstrated the presence of spirochetes using immunohistochemical stain, while others used WarthinStarry stain (2,5,8) and Steiner stain (9,10).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…RPR was positive in our case; however, substantial variations have been reported in patients with HIV-infection. There was a case of malignant syphilis with negative RPR titer from prozone phenomenon (23), and cases with extremely high titers (2,24).…”
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“…The first cases of lues maligna in HIV-infected individuals were reported in 1987 by Rosenheim et al 13 , and in 1988 by Armignacco et al 1 , Schröter et al 17 , and Shulkin et al 18 . Since then, the number of case reports has increased, which might be related to better recognition or reporting 15 .…”
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“…La incidencia global de sífilis secundaria maligna es baja; Shulkin y cols. 3 identificaron sólo 14 casos publicados en la literatura científica en idioma inglés entre los años 1900 y 1988. Sin embargo, a partir de la epidemia de VIH/ SIDA la incidencia se ha incrementado, sugiriendo que la infección por el retrovirus podría ser un factor de riesgo para desarrollar esta forma clínica 4,5 .…”
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