Acute syphilitic chorioretinitis after a missed primary diagnosis: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Handtrack, Claudia ^a   Knorr, Harald ^a   Amann, Kerstin U ^b   Schoerner, Christoph ^b   Hilgers, Karl F ^a   Geißdörfer, Walter ^b  

^a Department of Nephrology and Hypertension ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; BACTERIAL RNA; CEFOTIAM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FLUCONAZOLE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BRONCHITIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CHORIORETINITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGAL ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LEG EDEMA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MESANGIUM CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SEROLOGY; STOMATITIS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 45249089919     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-33     Document Type: Article

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