Tabes dorsalis progressing to general paresis after 20 years despite routine penicillin therapy.
AUTOR(ES)
Giles, A J
RESUMO
A man with a history of treatment for early syphilis presented with tabes dorsalis. Despite receiving a course of penicillin accepted as adequate by the World Health Organisation the illness progressed to tabo-paresis after 20 years. Reinfection cannot be excluded.
