Taki El-Din Zaid, Iqbal Humzah, Sharma Anil
Department of Psychiatry, St. George's University School of Medicine, West Indies, GRD.
Department of Internal Medicine, University of California San Francisco Fresno, Fresno, USA.
Cureus. 2023 Mar 13;15(3):e36080. doi: 10.7759/cureus.36080. eCollection 2023 Mar.
Syphilis is a predominantly sexually transmitted infection caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum. The infection presents with four different stages and although rare, can lead to behavioral symptoms if not treated in its earliest form. It can cause psychosis, mania, depression, anxiety, and personality changes. Screening and early treatment of syphilis are essential in preventing neurosyphilis and its neuropsychiatric symptoms. Neurosyphilis is rarely the initial presentation of syphilis. This is a case report of a 30-year-old female with neurosyphilis who presented with psychosis as the primary presentation.
梅毒是一种主要通过性传播的感染性疾病，由梅毒螺旋体引起。该感染具有四个不同阶段，尽管罕见，但如果不早期治疗，可能会导致行为症状。它可引起精神病、躁狂、抑郁、焦虑和人格改变。梅毒的筛查和早期治疗对于预防神经梅毒及其神经精神症状至关重要。神经梅毒很少是梅毒的初始表现。这是一例30岁患有神经梅毒的女性病例报告，该患者以精神病为主要表现。
