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A Case of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Associated with Syphilis
Abstract
- We report a case of HIV, infection associated with syphilis. A 40-year-old heterosexual man presented with headache, malaise, and a cutaneous lesion consisting of a whitish patch and petechiae on the hard palate. The serum VDRL titer wss positive at 1:64 and the cerebrospinal fluid VDRL titer was negative. Anti-HIV antibodies were detected in the patient sera by particle agglutination test and confirmed by Western blot test.