Cerebrospinal Meningitis in the Course of Secondary Syphilis

Maja Kleniewska; Hubert Kleniewski; Agnieszka B. Owczarczyk-Saczonek

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Cerebrospinal Meningitis in the Course of Secondary Syphilis

Maja Kleniewska

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Hubert Kleniewski

²

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Agnieszka B. Owczarczyk-Saczonek

¹

Department of Dermatology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Clinical Immunology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital, Olsztyn, Poland

Dermatol Rev/Przegl Dermatol 2025, 112, 378-381

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/dr.2025.160146

Online publish date: 2026/02/28

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Cerebrospinal Meningitis in the Course of Secondary Syphilis

Maja Kleniewska 1 , Hubert Kleniewski 2 , Agnieszka B. Owczarczyk-Saczonek 1

Maja Kleniewska

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Hubert Kleniewski

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Agnieszka B. Owczarczyk-Saczonek

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