Objective: To document the incidence and clinical features of syphilitic uveitis in patients
coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Design: Retrospective chart review.
Setting: Single tertiary uveitis referral center. Patients: The charts of HIV-infected patients
with uveitis and a reactive fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption test seen between
November 1983 and June 1995 were reviewed. Results: Syphilis was the most common
bacterial cause of uveitis in this group. Thirteen patients (0.6% of the 2085 HIV-positive …

Introduction. There is a trend of increasing frequency of primary and secondary syphilis in
developed countries, especially in young men. Ocular manifestations of syphilis are rare but
the increasing incidence of syphilitic uveitis requires a multidisciplinary approach. The aim
of the study was to describe the epidemiological, clinical and laboratory characteristics of
syphilitic uveitis and to document Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) co-infection in a
University Hospital-Pleven, Bulgaria. Case report. A twenty-seven year old homosexual man …