Fatal cerebrospi-nal meningitis due to Treponema pallidum infection

Authors :: Abramova T.P.
Kolokolova A.M.
E.V.
Lukina
Kolokolov O.V.
Maslyakova G.N.
Moiseev A.A.
Source :: Саратовский научно-медицинский журнал, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 494-499 (2012)
Publication Year :: 2012
Publisher :: Saratov State Medical University, 2012.
Abstract: We report the case of young patient, whose cause of death was generalized syphilitic cerebrospinal meningitis. The results of autopsy and histological examination are presented. The possibility of using magnetic resonance imaging to verify the form of neurosyphilis is discussed.