Table 3.
Age, HIV status and interval between positive syphilis serology in serum and CSF per classification in patients with laboratory confirmed neurosyphilis (n=34)
| N | Median age in years (range) | Number of known HIV+ patients | Interval between positive syphilis serology in the serum and the CSF in days (range) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early neurosyphilis | 16 | 41 (31-84) | 97 (4-1642) | ||
| Acute syphilitic meningitis | 5 | 3 | |||
| Meningovascular syphilis | 5 | 1 | |||
| Uveitis | 5 | 3 | |||
| Acute syphilitic meningitis and uveitis | 1 | 1 | |||
| Late neurosyphilis | 9 | 61 (43-70) | 214 (28-601) | ||
| General Paralysis of the Insane | 6 | 1 | |||
| Tabes Dorsalis | 2 | 0 | |||
| General Paralysis of the Insane and Tabes Dorsalis | 1 | 0 | |||
| Combined early and late neurosyphilis | 2 | 44 (43-46) | Not available | ||
| General Paralysis of the Insane and acute syphilitic meningitis | 2 | 0 | |||
| Asymptomatic | 6 | 43 (34-45) | 2 | Not applicable | |
| Unclassifiable due to incomplete data | 1 | 1 |