title: Malignant syphilis with ocular involvement and organism-depleted lesions.
abstract: Diagnosis and treatment of syphilis are challenging because of the condition's diverse clinical symptoms, histopathological variance, and the lack of definite tests for treatment follow-up. We report a case of secondary pustular-ulcerative malignant syphilis with ocular involvement in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient. It was striking to find that ulcerative lesions can be highly organism depleted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. marc.pleimes@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pleimes
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hartschuh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kutzner
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Enk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hartmann
mesh_terms: D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013587:Syphilis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D014456:Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology