Variations in Clinical Presentation of Ocular Syphilis: Case Series Reported From a Growing Epidemic in the United States

Grace E Marx; Shireesha Dhanireddy; Jeanne M Marrazzo; Susan A Tuddenham; Anne M Rompalo; Peter A Leone; Charlotte A Gaydos; Cornelis A Rietmeijer

doi:10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000477

Variations in Clinical Presentation of Ocular Syphilis: Case Series Reported From a Growing Epidemic in the United States

Sex Transm Dis. 2016 Aug;43(8):519-23. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000477.

Authors

Grace E Marx¹, Shireesha Dhanireddy, Jeanne M Marrazzo, Susan A Tuddenham, Anne M Rompalo, Peter A Leone, Charlotte A Gaydos, Cornelis A Rietmeijer

Affiliation

¹ 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.

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.

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Case Reports

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Adult
Eye Infections, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Eye Infections, Bacterial / microbiology
Eye Infections, Bacterial / pathology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neurosyphilis / diagnosis*
Neurosyphilis / microbiology
Neurosyphilis / pathology
Syphilis Serodiagnosis
Treponema pallidum / isolation & purification*
United States

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