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Meningovascular neurosyphilis with basilar artery thrombosis in HIV patient
Edgar Perez Barragán1, Elena Urdez Hernández1, Bernardo Pérez Orozco1
1Infectious Diseases Department, Infectious Diseases Hospital, National Medical Center "La Raza", IMSS, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
Journal of Infection and Public Health
|October 11, 2017
Abstract:
Currently, neurosyphilis is an uncommon disease and may occur at any stage of syphilis. Co-infection of syphilis with HIV can affect the clinical course. We report a case of meningovascular neurosyphilis in a patient with HIV in whom basilar artery thrombosis and reactive VDRL in CSF were detected. Treatment with penicillin was instituted with adequate response showing clinical improvement. Neurosyphilis is a differential diagnosis in young patients with cerebral infarction, especially in HIV patients.