Ocular manifestations of syphilis: Recent cases over a 2.5-year period

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 248, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1623-1629

  Puech, Cindy ^a   Gennai, Stéphane ^a   Pavese, Patricia ^a   Pelloux, Isabelle ^a   Maurin, Max ^a   Romanet, Jean Paul ^a   Chiquet, Christophe ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Ceftriaxone; Human immunodeficiency virus; Sexually transmitted infection; Syphilis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR OPTIC NEURITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; CASE STUDY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPISCLERITIS; EYE INFLAMMATION; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIXED INFECTION; OCULAR SYPHILIS; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC NERVE VASCULITIS; OPTIC NEURITIS; PAPILLEDEMA; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINITIS; RETROBULBAR OPTIC NEUROPATHY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; UVEITIS; VASCULITIS; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; VIRUS LOAD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL FIELD LOSS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHORIORETINITIS; DOXYCYCLINE; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEURITIS; PANUVEITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERITIS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 77957674637     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-010-1481-z     Document Type: Article

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