{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(3)"],"submitter":["Rowe C"],"pubmed_abstract":["Neurosyphilis is the progression of the untreated sexually transmitted infection caused by <i>Treponema pallidum</i>. When the initial infection is not adequately treated, progression of primary syphilis can lead to a wide variety of serious health sequelae. While neurosyphilis can appear up to 10-30 years after the initial infection, syphilis can invade the nervous systemat any stage of infection and can imitate symptoms of many other diseases. This variety of symptoms is why syphilis has been called \"The Great Pretender\" or \"Themonkey among diseases\"(Krämer et al., 2018).12 This is a case report of an 83-year-old female with a history of multiple TIAs, dementia, and breast cancer who presented to the emergency department with complaints of her head \"not feeling right\" and intermittent at"],"journal":["Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives"],"pagination":["57-60"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9195079"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Neurosyphilis: A Monkey Among Men."],"pmcid":["PMC9195079"],"pubmed_authors":["Chhetri B","Paudel S","Buckley N","Rowe C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Neurosyphilis: A Monkey Among Men.","description":"Neurosyphilis is the progression of the untreated sexually transmitted infection caused by <i>Treponema pallidum</i>. When the initial infection is not adequately treated, progression of primary syphilis can lead to a wide variety of serious health sequelae. While neurosyphilis can appear up to 10-30 years after the initial infection, syphilis can invade the nervous systemat any stage of infection and can imitate symptoms of many other diseases. This variety of symptoms is why syphilis has been called \"The Great Pretender\" or \"Themonkey among diseases\"(Krämer et al., 2018).12 This is a case report of an 83-year-old female with a history of multiple TIAs, dementia, and breast cancer who presented to the emergency department with complaints of her head \"not feeling right\" and intermittent at","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2025-04-22T05:57:25.653Z","creation":"2025-04-05T21:31:57.776Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9195079","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35711403"],"doi":["10.55729/2000-9666.1055"]}}