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Meningitis aséptica sifilítica - Overview

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Meningitis sifilítica

Definición:

Es una complicación de sífilis no tratada que involucra inflamación de los tejidos que cubren el cerebro y la médula espinal. Las personas con esta afección tienen cambios en el estado mental y problemas con las funciones neurológicas.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

La sífilis es una enfermedad infecciosa de transmisión sexual causada por la espiroqueta Treponema pallidum. La sífilis tiene tres etapas principales:

Sífilis primaria
Sífilis secundaria
Sífilis terciaria

La meningitis aséptica sifilítica es una forma de neurosífilis meningovascular, la cual es a su vez una complicación progresiva y potencialmente mortal de una infección por sífilis.

El trastorno se parece a la meningitis provocada por otras afecciones médicas.

Entre los factores de riesgo que predisponen a esta enfermedad, se pueden mencionar infección previa por sífilis o por otras enfermedades de transmisión sexual como la gonorrea. Las infecciones por sífilis se transmiten principalmente a través del contacto sexual con una persona infectada, pero también se pueden transmitir algunas veces por contacto no sexual.

Sistema nervioso central

Reviewed last on: 8/30/2010
Linda Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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