Syphilitic uveitis as presenting feature of HIV infection in elderly patients [5]

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 535-537

  Uglietti, Alessia ^a   Antoniazzi, Elena ^a   Pezzotta, Sara ^a   Maserati, Renato ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR PLUS LAMIVUDINE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; PENICILLIN G;

AGED; ALLERGIC RASH; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; PSEUDOPHAKIA; SEROLOGY; SLIT LAMP; SWEATING; SYPHILITIC UVEITIS; THRUSH; ULTRASOUND; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; SYPHILIS; UVEITIS;

EID: 33847075474     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328031f43f     Document Type: Letter

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