Syphilis in a Jamaican psychiatric hospital: a review of 52 cases including 17 of neurosyphilis
Br J Vener Dis
; 48(4): 249-53, Aug. 1972.
Artigo
em Inglês
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| ID: med-15428
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JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; RC201.A1B7
ABSTRACT
Syphilis was diagnosed in 52 of 200 patients in an admission ward at the psychiatric hospital in Jamaica. 17 (8.5 percent) had neurosyphilis, tabes dorsalis was absent, meningovascular syphilis was rare (2 cases), GPI was common (10 cases) and 5 cases were unclassified. The present-day difficulties in diagnosis associated with previous inadequate penicillin therapy are stressed. A disappointly high cronicity rate of 35.3 percent was noted among neurosyphilis patients, one of whom died. (Summary)
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Bases de dados internacionais
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Sífilis
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Hospitais Psiquiátricos
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Neurossífilis
Limite:
Adulto
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Idoso
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe Inglês
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Jamaica
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Br J Vener Dis
Ano de publicação:
1972
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