Year: 2025
Type: review
Study design: Systematic Review
Abstract: infection. In this article, we present a case of syphilitic pneumonia in a patient living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) with good immune-virological status. We also performed a systematic review of literature and we found 43 cases of syphilitic pneumonia described since 1886. We added our case report and performed a statistical analysis. Our analysis showed that 40/44 (91%) were males, with a median age of 46 years old (IQR 37-56), 9/28 (32%) were people living with HIV (data not available for 16/44 patients), 17/27 (63%) had syphilitic-related hepatitis during the clinical presentation (data not available for 17/44 patients), and 28/42 (66.6%) of patients had maculopapular rash compatible with secondary forms (data not available for 2/42 patients). Furthermore, 74.4% of patients had nodular lesions on chest X-ray or pulmonary Computed Tomography scan. Given the high rate of nodular pneumonia among patients, clinicians should consider it as a common presentation in syphilitic pneumonia.
Source: Infezioni in Medicina
Authors: Giuseppe Pipitone, Michelle Abbott, Andrea Gizzi, Calogero Buscemi, Federica Guida Marascia, Claudia Imburgia, Giacomo Ciusa, Alba La Sala, Giuseppe Giorgio Mancuso, Domenico Messana, Antonio Cascio, Chiara Iaria
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4408296576