Neurosyphilis in the antibiotic era.
Among 30 patients with neurosyphilis diagnosed between 1970 and 1981, 43% had symptoms attributable to neurosyphilis, 43% had unrelated symptoms, and 14% were asymptomatic. Serum VDRL was positive in 86%, and the CSF VDRL was positive in 53%. Meningovascular and vascular syphilis were relatively more common than in the prepenicillin era; tabes dorsalis and general paresis were unchanged in relative frequency.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000941:Antigens / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D005260:Female; D005428:Flocculation Tests; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014208:Treponema / Q000276:immunology
D000941:Antigens