Lumbar puncture for neurosyphilis investigation in asymptomatic patients with HIV-syphilis coinfection: a cross-sectional study among infectious disease specialists.
Bárbara Labella HenriquesJosé Ernesto VidalCristiano GambaVivian Iida Avelino-SilvaPublished in: Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina (2022)
This study highlights heterogeneities in the clinical management of HIV-syphilis coinfection. Most infectious disease specialists still consider syphilis stage, VDRL titers and CD4+ cell counts as important parameters when deciding which patients need lumbar puncture for investigating neurosyphilis.
Keyphrases
- infectious diseases
- human immunodeficiency virus
- men who have sex with men
- hiv testing
- hiv positive
- antiretroviral therapy
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv infected
- end stage renal disease
- minimally invasive
- hiv aids
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- single cell
- ultrasound guided
- physical activity
- prognostic factors
- stem cells
- cell therapy
- south africa
- bone marrow
- nk cells