| Revista: | The brazilian journal of infectious diseases |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000290754 |
| ISSN: | 1413-8670 |
| Autores: | Carnauba-Junior, Dimas1 Bittencourt, Achilea1 Brites, Carlos2 |
| Instituciones: | 1Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo. Brasil 2Universidade Federal da Bahia, Fundacao de Doencas Infecciosas, Salvador, Bahia. Brasil |
| Año: | 2003 |
| Periodo: | Ago |
| Volumen: | 7 |
| Número: | 4 |
| Paginación: | 273-277 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Caso clínico |
| Resumen en inglés | We report the case of a 44 year-old female, who presented a long-lasting, clinically atypical, secondary syphilis ("malignant syphilis") in the right foot, which started six months before medical evaluation. The patient had a serological diagnosis of HTLV-I infection and syphilis two years before the onset of the skin lesions, following a blood donation. As she believed she was allergic to penicillin, she initially received sulfamethoxazole + trimethoprim, without any improvement of the clinical picture. After failure of this first treatment regimen, she was given penicillin, which promoted complete healing of the lesion. We found evidence that infection by HTLV-I is capable of modifying the clinical course of secondary syphilis |
| Disciplinas: | Medicina |
| Palabras clave: | Diagnóstico, Microbiología, Inmunología, Sífilis secundaria, HTLV-I, Sífilis, Sífilis maligna |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Diagnosis, Microbiology, Secondary syphilis, HTLV-I, Syphilis, Malignant syphilis, Immunology |
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