Table 2.

Symptoms and signs of patients in neurosyphilis group and syphilis group.

	Neurosyphilis group (n = 33)	Syphilis group (n = 48)	P value
Symptoms
Fever	8 (24.0)	23 (48.0)	.030
Decline of muscle strength	7 (21.2)	1 (2.1)	<.001
Paropsia	7 (21.2)	5 (10.4)	.18
Headache or dizziness	7 (21.2)	4 (8.3)	.10
Rash	6 (18.2)	6 (12.5)	.48
Abnormal ophthalmic examination	6 (18.2)	7 (14.6)	.66
Vomiting	4 (12.1)	0 (0.0)	.01
Heterophthongia	4 (12.1)	0 (0.0)	.01
Paresthesia	4 (12.1)	1 (2.1)	.07
Dysgnosia	4 (12.1)	3 (6.3)	.36
Hypoacusis	2 (6.1)	3 (6.3)	.97
Signs
Conscious change	1 (3.0)	1 (2.1)	.79
Emotional lability	1 (3.0)	1 (2.1)	.79
Pathological signs	1 (3.0)	0 (0.0)	.22
Meningeal sign	1 (3.0)	0 (0.0)	.22
Seizures	0 (0.0)	1 (2.1)	.40