Neurosyphilis--a treatable psychosis.
A patient presenting with mixed affective symptoms was found to have active neurosyphilis after intermittent cognitive impairment suggested an organic cause. Most of these symptoms resolved after treatment with penicillin.
Brooke
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D
Maudsley Hospital, London.
Jamie
P
P
Slack
R
R
Sulaiman
M
M
Tyrer
P
P
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000150:complications; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use
D010406:Penicillins