Abstract

Anti-interleukin 17A agent, secukinumab is remarkably effective for treating patients with ankylosing spondylitis. However, the main safety concern of secukinumab is an increased risk of infection. Generally, neurosyphilis occurs a few years after the pri-mary syphilitic infection. Rare cases of progressing to neurosyphilis with a much lower latency were reported. We report a case of rapid progressive neurosyphilis involving hearing loss in both ears in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis who was treated with secukinumab. (J Rheum Dis 2019;26:278-281)

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