Since the sexually transmitted diseases were recognizedas a public health problem in China during the early1980’s, the incidence of syphilis has graduallyincreased. Though there have been case reports ofclinical vari...Since the sexually transmitted diseases were recognizedas a public health problem in China during the early1980’s, the incidence of syphilis has graduallyincreased. Though there have been case reports ofclinical variants of neurosyphilis, including syphiliticcerebrospinal meningitis or meningomyelitis andmeningovascular syphilis, occurring in different regions ofChina,tabes dorsalis or tabetic neurosyphilis has notyet been reported in China. Here, we report a young manwith rapidly progressive tabetic neurosyphilis admitted toour hospital in October 1999.展开更多
文摘Since the sexually transmitted diseases were recognizedas a public health problem in China during the early1980’s, the incidence of syphilis has graduallyincreased. Though there have been case reports ofclinical variants of neurosyphilis, including syphiliticcerebrospinal meningitis or meningomyelitis andmeningovascular syphilis, occurring in different regions ofChina,tabes dorsalis or tabetic neurosyphilis has notyet been reported in China. Here, we report a young manwith rapidly progressive tabetic neurosyphilis admitted toour hospital in October 1999.
