title: Variations in Clinical Presentation of Ocular Syphilis: Case Series Reported From a Growing Epidemic in the United States.
abstract: Ocular syphilis, a form of neurosyphilis, has been increasingly diagnosed in the United States. This case series summarizes the course of 6 patients recently diagnosed with ocular syphilis, emphasizing the varied sociodemographic factors and the wide range of symptoms and outcomes that are seen in patients with this disease.
authors.affiliation: From the *Denver Public Health Department, Denver Prevention Training Center, Denver, CO; †Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO; ‡Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; §Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL; ¶Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; ∥Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; **Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and ††Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO.
authors.forename: Grace E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Marx
authors.forename: Shireesha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dhanireddy
authors.forename: Jeanne M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Marrazzo
authors.forename: Susan A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Tuddenham
authors.forename: Anne M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Rompalo
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.forename: Charlotte A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Gaydos
authors.forename: Cornelis A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rietmeijer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis; D014210:Treponema pallidum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014481:United States