Ocular syphilisback again: Understanding recent increases in the incidence of ocular syphilitic disease

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-212

  Fonollosa, Alex ^a,c   Giralt, Joan ^b   Pelegrín, Laura ^b   Sanchez Dalmau, Bernat ^b   Segura, Antonio ^a   Garcia Arumi, José ^a   Adan, Alfredo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

AIDS; Epidemic; HIV; Syphilis; Uveitis; Vitritis

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; PENICILLIN G; TRIAMCINOLONE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHORIORETINITIS; CHOROIDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; FOLLOW UP; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; IRITIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OCULAR SYPHILIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; PAPILLITIS; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA VASCULITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITREOUS BODY; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; CASE REPORT; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SPAIN; STATISTICS; UVEITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; SPAIN; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 68849098789     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940902741709     Document Type: Article

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