Syphilitic panuveitis with retinal necrosis in an HIV positive man confirmed by Treponema pallidum PCR

Journal of Infection

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 373-375

  Booth, John ^a   Rodger, Alison ^a   Singh, Jasmin ^a   Alexander, Sarah ^b   Hopkins, Susan ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; FOSCARNET; PENICILLIN G; PROBENECID; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; STEROID; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMORBIDITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EYE INFECTION; EYE PAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MYCOSIS; PHOTOPHOBIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UVEITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; DNA, BACTERIAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PANUVEITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINAL NECROSIS SYNDROME, ACUTE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 70449729814     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.08.022     Document Type: Letter

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