Acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis: Report of a case series and comprehensive review of the literature

Retina

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1915-1941

  Eandi, Chiara M ^a,b,c   Neri, Piergiorgio ^d   Adelman, Ron A ^e   Yannuzzi, Lawrence A ^a   Cunningham, Emmett T ^f,g  

^a EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VITREOUS RETINA MACULA CONSULTANTS OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

chorioretinitis; lues; retinitis; retinochoroiditis; syphilis; uveitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPLEGIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; INDOCYANINE GREEN; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PROBENECID; TETRACYCLINE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ACUTE SYPHILITIC POSTERIOR PLACOID CHORIORETINITIS; ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHORIORETINITIS; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; REAGIN TEST; RETINA FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SEROLOGY; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITREOUS DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHORIORETINITIS; COLORING AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMAL ANTIBODY-ABSORPTION TEST; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN G; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYPHILIS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84866939427     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: 15392864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e31825f3851     Document Type: Review

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