Ocular syphilis and HIV infection.
Syphilitic ocular involvement is thought to be rare in HIV infected patients. During a 5-year study in 509 HIV-positive patients, syphilis was diagnosed in 3.9%, and the eye was involved in one-fifth of these. The high risk for sequelae emphasizes the need for prevention and for early diagnosis.
Biotti
Damien
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Département d'Infectiologie CHU Dijon.
Bidot
Samuel
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Mahy
Sophie
S
Buisson
Marielle
M
Duong
Michel
M
Grappin
Michèle
M
Creuzot-Garcher
Catherine
C
Chavanet
Pascal
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Piroth
Lionel
L
D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013587:Syphilis / Q000453:epidemiology*