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Incidence, Clinical Presentation and Treatment of Neurosyphilis in Denmark 1980-1997

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: Neurosyphilis is now a rare disease in the developed countries. In Denmark 92 cases of neurosyphilis were identified in the period 1980-1997. We obtained the hospital records for 77 of these patients and studied the clinical presentation, treatment and result of the treatment. Most patients were treated with penicillin by the intramuscular or intravenous route, but the amounts and duration of the antibiotic treatment varied a lot among the patients. All patients treated with intravenous penicillin were cured.

Source: Acta Dermato Venereologica

DOI: 10.1080/00015550410017308

Authors: Anne Grethe Danielsen, Kaare Weismann, Børge Jørgensen, Michael Heidenheim, Anne Mette Fugleholm

Institutions: University of Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,725