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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 307-309 |
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Arthropod bite-like eruption as rare presentation of secondary syphilis in an HIV-infected patient
Chih-Yu Chen1, Yu-Hsuan Lu2, Yu-Chun Lin3, Chih-Tsung Hung1, Wei- Ming Wang1, Chien-Ping Chiang1
1 Department of Dermatology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2 Department of Chinese Medicine, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
3 Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Correspondence Address:
Chien-Ping Chiang
Department of Dermatology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei
Taiwan
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DOI: 10.4103/ijd.IJD_522_18
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Secondary syphilis represents a diagnostic challenge due to its varied clinical manifestations. Co-infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) adds to the diversity of the clinical presentation of syphilis. We herein report a case of secondary syphilis as an arthropod bite-like eruption in a previously undiagnosed HIV-coinfected patient. A 24-year-old homosexual male presented with multiple corticosteroid-resistant insect bite-like nodules on his trunk and bilateral arms. Skin biopsy disclosed plasma cell infiltration and positive Treponema pallidum staining. His symptoms got dramatic remission after benzathine penicillin G therapy. The presented case extends the clinical spectrum of secondary syphilis in HIV patient.
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