Association between neurosyphilis and diabetes mellitus: Resurgence of an old problem 神经梅毒与糖尿病的关系：'旧事'再现

Autor:	Li-Rong Lin, Hui-Lin Zhang, Tian-Ci Yang, Yu-Yan Chen, Jie Jiang, Qiao Zhang, Fuyi Chen, Man-Li Tong, Xiao-Jing Guo, Wei-Hong Zheng, Ya-Feng Zhang, Song-Jie Huang, Ya Xi, Li-Li Liu, Long Liu
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Neurosyphilis medicine.medical_specialty Endocrinology business.industry Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Internal medicine Diabetes mellitus medicine medicine.disease business
Zdroj:	Journal of Diabetes. 6:403-408
ISSN:	1753-0393
DOI:	10.1111/1753-0407.12119
Popis:	Background Syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease, is commonly referred to as the “great imitator” because of its wide-ranging clinical presentations. Recently, we noticed that patients with neurosyphilis (NS) seemed to be more susceptible to complications of diabetes mellitus (DM). This is an interesting phenomenon, but it also puzzles clinicians because of scant knowledge about this situation. Methods A case-control study was conducted to explore the association between NS and DM. Clinical data and the prevalence of DM among NS patients, patients with syphilis but not NS (syphilis/non-NS), non-syphilis patients, and healthy controls were analyzed. In addition, we explored the time of occurrence of NS and DM. Results Fasting plasma glucose and HbA1c levels in NS patients were significantly higher than in syphilis/non-NS patients, non-syphilis patients, and healthy controls (P
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