Ocular syphilis and HIV infection

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-43

  Biotti, Damien ^a   Bidot, Samuel ^a   Mahy, Sophie ^a   Buisson, Marielle ^a   Duong, Michel ^a   Grappin, Michèle ^a   Creuzot Garcher, Catherine ^a   Chavanet, Pascal ^a   Piroth, Lionel ^a  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

AIDS Related Opportunistic Infections; Eye Infections; HIV Infections; Neurosyphilis; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHORIORETINITIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE INFECTION; EYE PAIN; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; GRANULOMATOSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; NEUROSYPHILIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAPILLEDEMA; PREVALENCE; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SEROLOGY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SLIT LAMP; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; VIRUS LOAD; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; EYE DISEASES; FRANCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSYPHILIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYPHILIS;

EID: 74249121175     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181b3e4d8     Document Type: Article

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