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Cerebral infarction as initial manifestation of meningovascular neurosyphilis in an immunocompetent patient – A case report with long term follow‐up
- Source :
- Clinical Case Reports, Vol 11, Iss 3, Pp n/a-n/a (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2023.
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Abstract
- Abstract To present a 29‐year‐old immunocompetent patient with neurosyphilitic changes characterized by multiple acute ischemic brain strokes along with significant narrowing of several large intracranial arteries. Ceftriaxone treatment for 14 days followed by benzathine benzylpenicillin weekly for additional 3 weeks, showed improvement in meningovascular changes.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20500904 and 55012191
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Clinical Case Reports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.50d6d0b08f084a5f8c97b55012191ee4
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7021