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... > Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Bacterial Infections > Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections > Spirochaetales Infections > Treponemal Infections > Syphilis > Neurosyphilis
... > Urogenital Diseases > Genital Diseases > Sexually Transmitted Diseases > Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial > Syphilis > Neurosyphilis
... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Disease Attributes > Communicable Diseases > Sexually Transmitted Diseases > Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial > Syphilis > Neurosyphilis
... > Infections > Communicable Diseases > Sexually Transmitted Diseases > Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial > Syphilis > Neurosyphilis
... > Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Bacterial Infections > Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial > Syphilis > Neurosyphilis
Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Infections > Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections > Neurosyphilis
Infections > Central Nervous System Infections > Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections > Neurosyphilis
Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Bacterial Infections > Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections > Neurosyphilis

Preferred term

Neurosyphilis  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Infections of the central nervous system caused by TREPONEMA PALLIDUM which present with a variety of clinical syndromes. The initial phase of infection usually causes a mild or asymptomatic meningeal reaction. The meningovascular form may present acutely as BRAIN INFARCTION. The infection may also remain subclinical for several years. Late syndromes include general paresis; TABES DORSALIS; meningeal syphilis; syphilitic OPTIC ATROPHY; and spinal syphilis. General paresis is characterized by progressive DEMENTIA; DYSARTHRIA; TREMOR; MYOCLONUS; SEIZURES; and Argyll-Robertson pupils. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp722-8)

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Entry terms

  • Central Nervous System Syphilis
  • Syphilis, Central Nervous System
  • Syphilis, CNS

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In other languages

  • Neurosyphilis

    French

  • Neuro-syphilis
  • Syphilis du SNC
  • Syphilis du système nerveux central
  • Syphilis nerveuse

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-RC7B7TTM-L

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