Ocular syphilis in Victoria: Four new cases and a brief discussion of the current Victorian experience [3]

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 192-194

  Amaratunge, Bhagya Chathri ^a   Hall, Anthony J ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYE PAIN; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LETTER; MALE; OCULAR SYPHILIS; PAPILLITIS; REAGIN TEST; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINITIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; VASCULITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VITREOUS FLOATERS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; VICTORIA;

EID: 41249103829     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2008.01684.x     Document Type: Letter

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