Early syphilis: risk factors and clinical manifestations focusing on HIV-positive patients.
Maider ArandoCandela Fernandez-NavalMiriam Mota-FoixDesi MartinezPere ArmengolMaria Jesús BarberáJuliana EsperalbaMartí Vall-MayansPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)
Control of syphilis remains a challenge. Similar to prior studies, HIV-positive patients were found to engage more often in sexual behaviors associated with syphilis than HIV-negative patients. Clinical manifestations were rather similar in both groups, although anal chancre was most common in HIV-positive patients. Various strain types of syphilis were found, but no clinical associations were identified.