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CASE REPORT

A Case of Secondary Pulmonary Syphilis – The Utility of mNGS in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid: A Case Report

Xue Yang1 Shenzhen Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Shenzhen People’s Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University; The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science and Technology), Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Weigang Wu2 Department of Infectious Disease, Shenzhen People’s Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University; The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science and Technology), Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Yongjie Wang1 Shenzhen Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Shenzhen People’s Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University; The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science and Technology), Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Wen Wu1 Shenzhen Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Shenzhen People’s Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University; The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science and Technology), Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Xia Huang1 Shenzhen Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Shenzhen People’s Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University; The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science and Technology), Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Li Xu3 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First People’s Hospital of Chongqing Liangjiang New Area, Chongqing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 5215-5219 | Published online: 05 Sep 2022

Figures & data

Figure 1 Chest computed tomography on the first visit to our hospital: pneumonia can be seen in the left lower lobe on lung window (A) and mediastinal window (B) (arrows).

Figure 1 Chest computed tomography on the first visit to our hospital: pneumonia can be seen in the left lower lobe on lung window (A) and mediastinal window (B) (arrows).

Figure 2 (A) Arrow shows mediastinal adenopathy, and (B) arrow shows mild left pleural effusion.

Figure 2 (A) Arrow shows mediastinal adenopathy, and (B) arrow shows mild left pleural effusion.

Figure 3 A total of 56 DNA readings of Treponema pallidum in BALF, with coverage of 0.37%.

Figure 3 A total of 56 DNA readings of Treponema pallidum in BALF, with coverage of 0.37%.

Figure 4 Chest CT after 1 month of treatment. (A) Arrow shows that pneumonia was resolved, and (B) arrow shows that pleural effusion disappeared.

Figure 4 Chest CT after 1 month of treatment. (A) Arrow shows that pneumonia was resolved, and (B) arrow shows that pleural effusion disappeared.

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