Ocular syphilis
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چکیده
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted, systemic, inflammatory disease caused by the spirochaete, Treponema pallidum. The natural history of untreated syphilis progresses through four distinct stages: primary, secondary, latent, and tertiary syphilis. Ocular involvement can occur at any stage part eye be affected. With exception syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis, diverse manifestations ocular have few features that used to assist in clinical diagnosis. Therefore, should always differential diagnosis most, if not all, infectious presentations. Specifically, uveitis presentations, high-risk sexual history, illicit drug use treatment failure, prior prompt further diagnostic workup for A presumptive relies on serological testing, both treponemal nontreponemal tests. All patients with their cerebrospinal fluids tested co-existence neurosyphilis blood human immunodeficiency virus co-infection. In United States, Centers Disease Control Prevention recommend managed according its guidelines neurosyphilis, parenteral aqueous crystalline penicillin G choice. timely appropriate treatment, curable. However, delayed may result long-term visual impairment. Delayed occurs because presentations mimicking other diseases, failure clinician order testing. recent worldwide resurgence syphilis, clinicians familiar manifestation, diagnosis,
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Experimental Optometry
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0816-4622', '1444-0938']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08164622.2021.1906848