Miliary Retinal Lesions in Ocular Syphilis: Imaging Characteristics and Outcomes
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DOI: 10.1080/09273948.2019.1659830
Abstract: ABSTRACT Purpose: To describe full thickness miliary retinal lesions in ocular syphilis. Methods: Retrospective chart review of patients with serologically confirmed ocular syphilis. Retinal miliary lesions in three cases of Syphilitic uveitis, in immunocompetent individuals… read more here.
Keywords: miliary retinal; miliary lesions; syphilis imaging; retinal lesions ... See more keywords
Double Trouble: Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Ocular Syphilis in HIV-infected Individuals
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DOI: 10.1080/09273948.2020.1772839
Abstract: ABSTRACT Syphilis and HIV infection may coexist in the same individual. Ocular syphilis and/or neurosyphilis may develop at any stage of coinfection, with a stronger association between ocular and neurosyphilis in individuals living with HIV,… read more here.
Keywords: syphilis; syphilis hiv; double trouble; ocular syphilis ... See more keywords
Ocular syphilis: Case Series (2000–2015) from Two Tertiary Care Centers in Montreal
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DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx163.100
Abstract: Abstract Background In the past 15 years, a recrudescence of syphilis was observed in Canada, along with a surge in ocular syphilis cases. Without treatment, ocular syphilis can have serious consequences potentially leading to blindness.… read more here.
Keywords: syphilis; serology; uveitis eyes; 2000 2015 ... See more keywords
P029 Ocular syphilis: a mimicker for giant cell arteritis
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DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead104.071
Abstract: Syphilis has seen a resurgence in the United Kingdom in recent years. It is a sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum spirochaete infection, and typically presents as painless genital ulceration in its primary stage;… read more here.
Keywords: ocular syphilis; ophthalmology; giant cell; cell arteritis ... See more keywords
Concurrent Primary Chancre and Ocular Syphilis in an Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Negative Man.
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DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000000900
Abstract: We believe this to be the first report of coexisting polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-confirmed primary genital and ocular syphilis in a patient with penicillin allergy treated with doxycycline. The case examines the use of nonpenicillin… read more here.
Keywords: syphilis human; syphilis; chancre ocular; primary chancre ... See more keywords
Ocular syphilis resurgence in an urban underserved community in the United States.
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DOI: 10.18240/ijo.2022.08.20
Abstract: AIM To evaluate the clinical characteristics, demographics, and visual outcomes of patients with ocular syphilis at an urban hospital to increase awareness and assist in earlier diagnosis and treatment of the resurgent disease. METHODS A… read more here.
Keywords: syphilis resurgence; ocular syphilis; urban underserved; resurgence urban ... See more keywords
Trends in management of ocular syphilis in tertiary uveitis centre in Prague, Czech Republic.
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DOI: 10.5507/bp.2022.038
Abstract: AIMS To analyse the hallmarks of ocular manifestations of and therapeutic modalities for syphilis in the last two decades. The clinical features of syphilitic uveitis, and association with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection are… read more here.
Keywords: uveitis; ocular syphilis; posterior uveitis; syphilitic uveitis ... See more keywords