Ocular syphilis

JM Furtado, M Simões, D Vasconcelos-Santos… - Survey of …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Neurosyphilis: knowledge gaps and controversies

S Tuddenham, KG Ghanem - Sexually transmitted diseases, 2018 - journals.lww.com
After reaching a nadir at the turn of the century, syphilis rates in the United States have
increased since 2000. Treponema pallidum may disseminate to the central nervous system …

[HTML][HTML] British Ocular Syphilis Study (BOSS): 2-year national surveillance study of intraocular inflammation secondary to ocular syphilis

RG Mathew, BT Goh… - … Ophthalmology & Visual …, 2014 - iovs.arvojournals.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical manifestations and ophthalmic outcomes of ocular syphilis at a time of re-emergence of the systemic infection

JM Furtado, TE Arantes, H Nascimento… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Recent reports from different world regions suggest ocular syphilis is re-emerging, in parallel
with an increasing incidence of the systemic infection globally. We conducted a large …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical manifestations and outcome of syphilitic uveitis

JG Bollemeijer, WG Wieringa… - … & visual science, 2016 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: To analyze visual outcome, effectiveness of various modes of antibiotic treatment,
and prognostic factors in patients with serologically proven syphilitic uveitis. Methods: The …

[HTML][HTML] Ocular syphilis: the re-establishment of an old disease

J Wells, C Wood, A Sukthankar, NP Jones - Eye, 2018 - nature.com
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Clinical Features and Treatments of Syphilitic Uveitis: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

T Zhang, Y Zhu, G Xu - Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose. To investigate the clinical features and efficacies of treatments for syphilitic uveitis.
Methods. PubMed was searched for studies of syphilitic uveitis published between January …

Syphilitic uveitis and optic neuritis in Sydney, Australia

LC Northey, SE Skalicky, A Gurbaxani… - British Journal of …, 2015 - bjo.bmj.com
Aims To describe ocular syphilis presentations to a tertiary referral eye hospital over a 5-
year period and to document HIV coinfection frequency. Methods A retrospective chart …

Prognosis of ocular syphilis in patients infected with HIV in the antiretroviral therapy era

M Tsuboi, T Nishijima, S Yashiro, K Teruya… - Sexually Transmitted …, 2016 - sti.bmj.com
Objective To describe the clinical course and prognosis of ocular syphilis in patients infected
with HIV-1 in the antiretroviral therapy (ART) era. Methods We conducted a single-centre …

Demystifying ocular syphilis–A major review

K Chauhan, A Fonollosa, L Giralt, J Artaraz… - Ocular Immunology …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Syphilis, caused by the spirochaete, Treponema pallidum, continues to be a public health
challenge globally with its rates steadily increasing in the past few years. The disease is …