title: Luetic cervical adenitis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection.
abstract: The clinical course of syphilis may be altered in some patients with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection. We report two cases of syphilis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection who presented with marked unilateral anterior cervical adenopathy after engaging in oral-genital sex. Neither of the patients had evidence of oropharyngeal chancres. One patient developed a cutaneous rash of secondary syphilis soon after the cervical adenopathy developed. Both patients responded well to antibiotic therapy.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Disease Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Heller
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fromowitz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fuhrer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck; D013587:Syphilis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis