Syphilis Revealed by Evocative Palmoplantar Eruption and Ocular Inflammation in HIV-Infected Patients Ocular Inflammation and HIV-Syphilis Co-Infection

Malignant syphilis with ocular involvement in an HIV-infected patient.

Malignant syphilis is now considered a rare disease, more commonly affecting individuals with poor health, malnutrition or HIV infection. We present a 34-year-old man with HIV infection who developed multiple atypical cutaneous ulcerations, leonine facies, a scleral nodule and keratitis with visual loss. The diagnosis of malignant syphilis was delayed due to the insidious presentation, but was ...

Syphilis and HIV infection.

Mystifying lesions in syphilis-HIV co-infection

Case report We report the case of a 22 years old male patient, who presented with a vesicular eruption, bacterial over infected, with a group pattern distribution throughout the entire skin, evolving for approximately three months. The patient was previously treated for this condition with systemic antibiotics, which he could not mention, being diagnosed with superficial folliculitis. However, ...

Ocular syphilis acquired through oral sex in two HIV-infected patients.

Two cases of ocular syphilis are described in HIV-infected individuals after unprotected oral sex. The primary syphilitic lesion remained unnoticed and lues was therefore only diagnosed after visual symptoms developed.

Ocular infection and inflammation.

Managing the inflamed or infected eye in the emergency setting presents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to the emergency physician; the causes and prognoses range from benign, self-limited illness to organ-threatening pathology. A careful history, with attention to comorbid illnesses and time course, is paramount, as is knowledge of the complete ophthalmologic examination. Much of the or...