HIV and syphilis affect similar patient groups and coinfection is common. All patients
presenting with syphilis should be offered HIV testing and all HIV-positive patients should be …

This review aims to provide an update on the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment
of ocular syphilis. While ocular syphilis is not a new phenomenon, recent resurgence in the …

Purpose To describe the clinical outcomes of ocular syphilis. Design Retrospective chart
review. Methods The charts of patients with ocular syphilis (regardless of human …

Multiple studies around the world suggest that syphilis is re-emerging. Ocular syphilis–with a
wide range of presentations, most of which are subtypes of uveitis–has become an …

Although the annual incidence of primary and secondary syphilis has dropped to the lowest
rate recorded, syphilis remains an important cause of ocular disease. Uveitis is the most …

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has infected nearly 900,000 persons in North
America and more than 30 million worldwide. 1, 2 Since the initial description of eye …

Purpose.: The British Ocular Syphilis Study (BOSS) is the first national prospective
epidemiological study of intraocular syphilis (IOS) in light of the global increase in early …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the relative frequencies of signs in posterior segment ocular
syphilis, the response to a neurosyphilis regimen of penicillin, and differences in findings …

The incidence of syphilis and syphilitic uveitis in our community is increasing. The
prevalence of associated neurosyphilis is unknown, and it remains unclear whether …

Nearly 34 million people are currently living with HIV/AIDS: ocular complications are
common, affecting 50% to 75% of all such patients at some point during the course of their …