The Origins of Neurosyphilis Prevention and Modern Diagnostic Methods

Neurosyphilis is a secondary disease of infectious etiology, which is a lesion of the nervous system. Its causative agent is the bacterium Treponema pallidum, which, entering the body of an adult or a child, causes the development of an acquired or congenital form of syphilis. Today, about 20% of patients with syphilis have damage to the nervous system, the proportion of which is neurosyphilis is 8-9%.