Neurosyphilis surge expected in the Top End
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Doctors are being warned that a surge of Indigenous patients with undiagnosed neurosyphilis is likely in the Top End in coming years — a legacy of a long-running outbreak of Treponema pallidum infection.
Neurosyphilis is already considered a differential diagnosis for patients presenting with dementia or stroke in the NT, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians congress in Auckland was told this week.