title: Prevalence Estimates of Complicated Syphilis.
abstract: We reviewed 68 cases of possible neurosyphilis among 573 syphilis cases in King County, WA, from 3rd January 2012 to 30th September 2013; 7.9% (95% confidence interval, 5.8%-10.5%) had vision or hearing changes, and 3.5% (95% confidence interval, 2.2%-5.4%) had both symptoms and objective confirmation of complicated syphilis with either abnormal cerebrospinal fluid or an abnormal ophthalmologic examination.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; †Public Health-Seattle & King County HIV/STD Program, Seattle, WA; and Departments of ‡Neurology and §Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Julia C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dombrowski
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: Christina M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Marra
authors.forename: Roxanne P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Kerani
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Golden
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D016358:Contact Tracing; D003941:Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological; D005123:Eye / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013592:Syphilis, Latent / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D014210:Treponema pallidum / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial