Purpose The Iberian Registry of Ocular Syphilis aims to describe the epidemiology, clinical manifestations and treatment outcomes of ocular syphilis in Spain and Portugal. This re-emerging condition, ...
The purpose of this HAN is to remind medical providers across Maine of recommendations for diagnosing and treating neuro-, ocular and otic syphilis and HIV-syphilis coinfection. It also serves as a ...
2 School of Medicine, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy Background Intermediate and posterior manifestations of vitreoretinal lymphoma (VRL) are well characterised. However, there is ...
Patients who are HIV-positive and have an ocular syphilis infection exhibit significant visual acuity improvement following standard therapy. In HIV-positive patients with ocular syphilis, visual ...
If “syphilis” sounds to you like an illness people got in another century, you’re not alone. For decades, the infection was widely considered a disease of the past. But after years of decline, ...
Syphilis cases caused by Treponema pallidum are rising in Germany, across Europe, and worldwide, fuelling a resurgence of ocular disease. Once largely confined to patients with HIV, this condition is ...
This 1966 microscope photo made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a tissue sample with the presence of numerous, corkscrew-shaped, darkly-stained, Treponema pallidum ...
Intravitreal ceftazidime may help treat syphilitic uveitis when IV penicillin is delayed. Ceftazidime is not a substitute for IV penicillin, which is the preferred treatment. A case series reported ...
Physicians presented with cases of uveitis should maintain suspicion and test for syphilis, even in immunocompetent individuals and those without high-risk factors, according to a study published in ...
The following is a summary of “Incidence and Prevalence of Syphilitic Uveitis and Associated Ocular Complications in the TriNetX Database,” published in the June 2025 issue of American Journal of ...
Between 2013 and 2024, syphilitic uveitis remained a rare but serious manifestation of syphilis in the United States, predominantly affecting men, older individuals, and patients with concurrent HIV, ...