Clinical Manifestations and Ophthalmic Outcomes of Ocular Syphilis at a Time of Re-Emergence of the Systemic Infection

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 observational study of 127 persons consecutively treated for ocular syphilis at public medical centers in Brazil over...

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Published in:	Scientific reports Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 12071 - 8
Main Authors:	Furtado, João M., Arantes, Tiago E., Nascimento, Heloisa, Vasconcelos-Santos, Daniel V., Nogueira, Natalia, de Pinho Queiroz, Rafael, Brandão, Luana P., Bastos, Thaís, Martinelli, Ricardo, Santana, Rodrigo C., Muccioli, Cristina, Belfort, Rubens, Smith, Justine R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 13.08.2018 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	692/699/255/1318 692/699/3161/3177 Acuity Cataracts Disseminated infection Eye HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Humanities and Social Sciences multidisciplinary Observational studies Science Science (multidisciplinary) Scleritis Sexually transmitted diseases STD Syphilis Systemic diseases Uveitis Ocular Syphilis Acute Syphilitic Posterior Placoid Chorioretinitis Epiretinal Membrane Best-corrected Snellen Visual Acuity Posterior Segment Complications
ISSN:	2045-2322, 2045-2322
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