Ocular syphilis unmasked following intravitreal triamcinolone injection

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-215

  Mushtaq, Bushra ^a   Gupta, Rajen ^a   Elsherbiny, Samer ^a   Murray, Philip I ^b  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Intravitreal triamcinolone injection; Ocular syphilis; Retinal vasculitis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PENICILLIN G; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CILIARY DISK; DRUG MEGADOSE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LASER COAGULATION; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; OCULAR SYPHILIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA VASCULITIS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY;

ADULT; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANUVEITIS; RECURRENCE; RETINAL VASCULITIS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 68849088994     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940902745411     Document Type: Article

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