Restricted accessCase reportFirst published online 2019-4
Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome associated with secondary syphilis: dermatologic,neurologic and ophthalmologic compromise in an HIV patient
The presentation of syphilis as a manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is rare and can be associated with the varied clinical expression of unusual syphilitic manifestations. We report a case of immune reconstitution syndrome with dermatologic, ophthalmologic and neurologic compromise of secondary syphilis in a patient with HIV infection.
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