Syphilitic uveitis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 243, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 863-869

  Tran, Thi Ha C ^a   Cassoux, Nathalie ^a   Bodaghi, Bahram ^a   Fardeau, Christine ^a   Caumes, Eric ^a   Lehoang, Phuc ^b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Pitié Salpêtrière ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Homosexual; Human immunodeficiency virus infection; Retinitis; Syphilis; Treponema pallidum; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; FOSCARNET; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE INFLAMMATION; FOLLOW UP; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERINFECTION; SYPHILIS; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; CHORIORETINITIS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN G; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SYPHILIS; UVEITIS;

EID: 25844530059     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-1137-6     Document Type: Article

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