title: Rapid progression to gummatous syphilitic hepatitis and neurosyphilis in a patient with newly-diagnosed HIV.
abstract: We review the literature on hepatic involvement in patients with HIV and syphilis co-infection and describe a case of rapid progression to neurosyphilis and presumed gummatous syphilitic hepatitis in a patient newly diagnosed with HIV. To our knowledge, this is the first case of syphilitic hepatitis with gummas described in the HIV population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada laura.pilozzi-emonds@mail.mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pilozzi-Edmonds
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Ling Yuan
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.affiliation: McGill AIDS Centre, McGill University Health Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szabo
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Leora M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Birnbaum
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D060085:Coinfection / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014210:Treponema pallidum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins
keywords: AIDS; Gumma; HIV; Treponema pallidum; neurosyphilis; sexually transmitted infection; syphilis; syphilitic hepatitis