New Onset Psychosis Secondary to Neurosyphilis

Authors

Samantha Linda Jane Vu, HCA HealthcareFollow
Lauren Angela DeMarco, HCA HealthcareFollow
Francis Butler, HCA HealthcareFollow
Nihal Shah

Files

Division

West Florida

Hospital

Largo Medical Center

Specialty

Psychiatry

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

5-2020

Keywords

Neurosyphilis, psychosis, syphilis, bacterial sexually transmitted diseases

Disciplines

Bacterial Infections and Mycoses | Nervous System Diseases | Psychiatry

Abstract

Syphilis is a highly contagious sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the spirochetal bacterium Treponema pallidum. Transmission occurs through direct contact of painless ulcerative lesions, chancres, located on the genitalia (penis, labia) and oral mucosa. Neurosyphilis is any involvement of the central nervous systems (brain, meninges, or spinal cord) by the bacterium.

Recommended Citation

Vu, Samantha Linda Jane; DeMarco, Lauren Angela; Butler, Francis; and Shah, Nihal, "New Onset Psychosis Secondary to Neurosyphilis" (2020). West Florida Division GME Research Day 2020. 2.
https://scholarlycommons.hcahealthcare.com/westflorida2020/2