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[Diagnostic problems and treatment of late neurosyphilis in a young patient: a case report]
S V Sumina1, V V Bogomolov1, A B Shishkin1
1Federal State Budgetary Health Institution 'Saint-Petersburg clinical hospital of the Russian Academy of Sciences', St. Petersburg, Russia.
Abstract:
A clinical case of late neurosyphilis with prominent cognitive function failure developed in a young male patient is presented. Atypical disease development and negative laboratory tests required to perform the differential diagnosis with inflammatory and degenerative brain diseases, extended blood and CSF tests for syphilis. During the diagnostic procedures the patient received complex therapy with neurotropic, antioxidant, and anti-dementia drugs. The treatment improved cognitive function and increased the efficacy of further treatment.
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