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Table 3 Reported cases of secondary syphilis with pulmonary involvement which was diagnosed by PCR techniques

From: A lung abscess caused by secondary syphilis – the utility of polymerase chain reaction techniques in transbronchial biopsy: a case report

Case no.

Age

Gender

Respiratory symptoms

Extrapulmonary symptoms

Chest imaging

Sample collection method

Reporting year

Reference

1

34

Male

Chest pain

Progressive weakening, anorexia, weight loss, and night sweats

Several bilateral, round, excavated opacities and subtracheal adenopathy

BAL

2006

[13]

2

49

Female

Dry cough

Disabling cervical pain, fever, and night sweats

Lung lobe parenchymal lesion

BAL and bronchial aspirate

2015

[14]

3

30

Male

Hemoptysis, chest pain, dyspnea

Fever and rash

a 3 cm, irregularly-shaped, well-defined consolidation and a 1 cm hilar node

CTNA

2018

[15]

4

62

Male

No respiratory symptoms

epigastric pain

Multiple nodular bibasilar subpleural nodules

TBB

2018

[16]

  1. Abbreviation: PCR Polymerase chain reaction, BAL Bronchoalveolar lavage, CTNA Computed tomography-guided percutaneous needle aspiration, TBB Transbronchial biopsy