Syphilis presenting as scleritis in an HIV-positive man undergoing immune reconstitution

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 526-528

  Moloney, Gregory ^a,b   Branley, Michael ^a   Kotsiou, George ^a   Rhodes, Dennis ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

HIV; Retinitis; Scleritis; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ATROPINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CLINDAMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; OXYCODONE; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE PAIN; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IRIDOCYCLITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETINITIS; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VITREOUS DISEASE;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; RETINITIS; SCLERITIS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 8644285148     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2004.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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