Syphilis with HIV infection

In recent years, there have been many cases of syphilis patients with HIV infection, which has changed the clinical course of syphilis. Because genital ulcers in patients with syphilis are an important risk factor for acquiring and transmitting HIV infection; HIV can cause meningeal lesions, making Treponema pallidum easily cross the blood-brain barrier and cause neurosyphilis.

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