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Criteria for Asymptomatic Neurosyphilis in HIV-Infected Patient

Purpose: To identify an HIV-patient with syphilis who has asymptomatic neurosyphilis based on the criteria of Ghanem et al.

Evaluation

Are you evaluating an HIV-infected patient with syphilis?

Does the patient have neurologic signs and symptoms?

Does the patient have reactive syphilis serologic test results on serum?

CSF WBC count

cells per µL

CSF protein

Does the CSF have a reactive CSF VDRL result?

Is there another diagnosis that can explain the CSF findings better than neuro-syphilis?

Results

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Objective

ICD-10