Cerebral infarction as initial manifestation of meningovascular neurosyphilis in an immunocompetent patient – A case report with long term follow‐up-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Cerebral infarction as initial manifestation of meningovascular neurosyphilis in an immunocompetent patient – A case report with long term follow‐up

Published:2023-03 Issue:3 Volume:11 Page:
ISSN:2050-0904
Container-title:Clinical Case Reports
language:en
Short-container-title:Clinical Case Reports

Author:

Batinić Davor¹²,Antulov Ronald³⁴,Klupka‐Sarić Inge¹²,Ivanković Anita¹²,Jurina Renata¹²,Karlović Vidaković Marijana⁵,Talić Drlje Ivana²⁶,Arapović Jurica²⁷^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Neurology University Clinical Hospital Mostar Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina

2. Faculty of Medicine University of Mostar Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina

3. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Hospital South West Jutland Esbjerg Denmark

4. Department of Regional Health Research University of Southern Denmark Esbjerg Denmark

5. Department of Radiology Polyclinic Medicol Split Croatia

6. Department of Transfusion Medicine University Clinical Hospital Mostar Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina

7. Department of Infectious Diseases University Clinical Hospital Mostar Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

AbstractTo 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.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ccr3.7021

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