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Do you repeat a lumbar puncture in a patient living with HIV diagnosed with and treated for neurosyphilis and if so, when?
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Infectious Disease · University of Washington Center for AIDS and STD
This is a complex issue, and there isn't a one-size-fits-all approach. There are no hard and fast guidelines in place. If the initial CSF abnormalities include only reactive CSF VDRL, along with modest protein elevation and mononuclear pleocytosis (both of which are consistent with HIV infection), a...