Prozone Phenomenon and Penicillin Allergy in HIV-Infected Male with Ocular Syphilis
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Malignant syphilis with ocular involvement in an HIV-infected patient.
Malignant syphilis is now considered a rare disease, more commonly affecting individuals with poor health, malnutrition or HIV infection. We present a 34-year-old man with HIV infection who developed multiple atypical cutaneous ulcerations, leonine facies, a scleral nodule and keratitis with visual loss. The diagnosis of malignant syphilis was delayed due to the insidious presentation, but was ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Infection and Public Health
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1876-0341
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2018.10.046