Neurosyphilis was diagnosed in 50 of 233 HIV-coinfected subjects (about 20%) on the basis of a reactive CSF VDRL in 16 patients, a CSF WBC count >20 cells/mm 3 in 22, and both of these ...

The funny thing about syphilis is that it was historically more a middle-class disease than one that affected the working class. University students would contract it from prostitutes, experience ...