Neurol. praxi. 2025;26(1):72-75 | DOI: 10.36290/neu.2024.085

General paresis - the cause of neurocognitive disorder at a young age

MUDr. Kamila Smolíková, MUDr. Pavel Potužník, Ph.D., MUDr. Jakub Vejskal
Neurologická klinika, FN Plzeň, Lékařská fakulta UK v Plzni

The infectious disease syphilis is among the most common sexually transmitted diseases worldwide. Due to the neuroinvasiveness of the infecting treponemal strain, patients can encounter a wide variety of central nervous system involvement, which can occur during any stage of the disease. This article reviews the different stages of syphilis and neurosyphilis. In the form of case report of a young patient, we describe the late stage of syphilis as general paresis.

Keywords: syphilis, neurosyphilis, general paresis, neurocognitive disorder.

Accepted: December 17, 2024; Prepublished online: December 17, 2024; Published: March 19, 2025  Show citation

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Smolíková K, Potužník P, Vejskal J. General paresis - the cause of neurocognitive disorder at a young age. Neurol. praxi. 2025;26(1):72-75. doi: 10.36290/neu.2024.085.
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