Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome associated with secondary syphilis: dermatologic, neurologic and ophthalmologic compromise in an HIV patient

Int J STD AIDS. 2019 Apr;30(5):509-511. doi: 10.1177/0956462418813045. Epub 2019 Jan 10.

Abstract

The presentation of syphilis as a manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is rare and can be associated with the varied clinical expression of unusual syphilitic manifestations. We report a case of immune reconstitution syndrome with dermatologic, ophthalmologic and neurologic compromise of secondary syphilis in a patient with HIV infection.

Keywords: HIV; Syphilis (); bacterial disease; viral disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / administration & dosage
  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Alopecia
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • HIV Infections / virology
  • HIV Seropositivity / complications
  • Humans
  • Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome / complications
  • Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome / immunology
  • Male
  • Panuveitis
  • Penicillins / administration & dosage
  • Penicillins / therapeutic use
  • Syphilis / complications
  • Syphilis / diagnosis*
  • Syphilis / drug therapy
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Penicillins

Supplementary concepts

  • Syphilis, secondary