[Syphilitic pleuritis. Description of a clinical case].
A rare case of luetic pleurisy diagnosed in a patient with tertiary syphilis, when the aetiological agent was discovered in the pleuritic exudate is described. The spirochaetes, first revealed by dark field microscopy, were studied further under the electron microscope, using negative colouring and fine sections.
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000382:microbiology; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013587:Syphilis / Q000150:complications*; D014210:Treponema pallidum / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure
Pleurite luetica. Descrizione di un caso clinico.