Syphilis: An ophthalmologic update

International Ophthalmology Clinics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-144

  Teasley, Laura A ^a   Stephen Foster, C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; PROBENECID; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 34248204185     PISSN: 00208167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IIO.0b013e3180377778     Document Type: Review

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