Management of neurosyphilis: time for a new approach?
Olivia Catherine SmibertAdam W J JenneyDenis W SpelmanPublished in: Internal medicine journal (2018)
Given the long term sequelae of untreated neurosyphilis and insensitive tests to detect treponemes in the cerebrospinal fluid, questions regarding the utility of a lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid analysis either to confirm or exclude neurosyphilis are raised.