Dementia due to neurosyphilis with persistently negative CSF VDRL

Neurology. 2005 Dec 13;65(11):1838. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000187082.92497.95.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Atrophy / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Atrophy / diagnosis
  • Atrophy / microbiology
  • Brain / microbiology
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Brain / physiopathology*
  • Cardiolipins / analysis
  • Cardiolipins / metabolism*
  • Cholesterol / analysis
  • Cholesterol / metabolism*
  • Dementia / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Dementia / diagnosis
  • Dementia / microbiology*
  • Disease Progression
  • False Negative Reactions
  • Hallucinations / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Hallucinations / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Memory Disorders / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Memory Disorders / microbiology
  • Motor Skills Disorders / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Motor Skills Disorders / microbiology
  • Neurocognitive Disorders / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Neurocognitive Disorders / diagnosis
  • Neurocognitive Disorders / microbiology
  • Neurosyphilis / cerebrospinal fluid*
  • Neurosyphilis / diagnosis
  • Penicillins / administration & dosage
  • Personality Disorders / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Personality Disorders / diagnosis
  • Personality Disorders / microbiology
  • Phosphatidylcholines / analysis
  • Phosphatidylcholines / metabolism*
  • Speech Disorders / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Speech Disorders / microbiology
  • Temporal Lobe / microbiology
  • Temporal Lobe / pathology
  • Temporal Lobe / physiopathology
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Treponema pallidum / physiology

Substances

  • Cardiolipins
  • Penicillins
  • Phosphatidylcholines
  • VDRL antigen
  • Cholesterol