Ocular Syphilis in HIV-Positive Patients Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Balba, Gayle P ^a   Kumar, Princy N ^a   James, Andrea N ^a   Malani, Anurag ^a   Palestine, Allan G ^a   Welch, James N ^a   Timpone, Joseph G ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Ocular; Syphilis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCREENING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYPHILIS; UVEITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; EYE DISEASES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYPHILIS; UVEITIS;

EID: 33646155309     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.11.016     Document Type: Article

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