%0 Journal Article
%T A case of secondary syphilis with pulmonary involvement and review of the literature
%A Anucha Apisarnthanarak
%A Nuntra Suwantarat
%A Pansachee Damronglerd
%A Suttichai Visuttichaikit
%J International Journal of STD & AIDS
%@ 1758-1052
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0956462418765834
%X Syphilis is a sexually transmitted systemic infection caused by Treponema pallidum. We report a case of a heterosexual, HIV-positive man who presented with secondary syphilis and a lung abscess. A bacterial lung abscess was suspected and a computed tomography-guided percutaneous needle aspiration of the lung abscess was performed. Direct pulmonary involvement by T. pallidum was suggested by a positive PCR result on the aspirated fluid specimen. The clinical signs of secondary syphilis improved, and the lung abscess was resolved after treatment with benzathine penicillin G and amoxicillin-clavulanate. The final diagnosis was secondary pulmonary syphilis. Few reports of secondary syphilis with pulmonary involvement have been reported to date
%K Pulmonary syphilis
%K Treponema pallidum
%K lung abscess
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956462418765834