Clinical presentation
An HIV-positive patient with syphilis
coinfection may have a similar course
of syphilitic disease as a non-HIVinfected
patient.3
Some minor differences
have been noted (HIV-infected
patients may present with more than
one chancre and have larger, deeper
lesions, develop ocular syphilis, experience
a more rapid progression to
tertiary syphilis with lesser effi cacy
of standard therapy), however, large