Clinical manifestations and outcomes of ocular syphilis in Asian Indian population: Analysis of cases presenting to a tertiary referral center

• Published in: Indian journal of ophthalmology Vol. 68; no. 9; pp. 1881 - 1886
• Main Authors: Tyagi, Mudit, Kaza, Hrishikesh, Pathengay, Avinash, Agrawal, Hitesh, Behera, Shashwat, Lodha, Dimple, Pappuru, Rajeev, Basu, Soumyava, Murthy, Somasheila
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.09.2020; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd; Wolters Kluwer - Medknow; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: Acuity; Care and treatment; CD4 antigen; Chorioretinitis; Demography; Diagnosis; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Eye diseases; Eye Infections, Bacterial - diagnosis; Eye Infections, Bacterial - drug therapy; Eye Infections, Bacterial - epidemiology; Hemagglutination; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; India - epidemiology; Laboratories; luetic; Mimicry; Necrosis; Neurosyphilis; ocular syphilis; Ophthalmic research; Original; panuveitis and granulomatous; Patients; Phenotypes; Retina; Retinitis; Retrospective Studies; Sexually transmitted diseases; STD; Syphilis; Syphilis - diagnosis; Syphilis - epidemiology; Tertiary Care Centers; TPHA test; Uveitis; Vasculitis; VDRL test; India; luetic; syphilis; panuveitis and granulomatous; HIV; ocular syphilis

Purpose: To describe disease manifestations and outcomes of ocular syphilis in Asian Indian population. Methods: Retrospective analysis of patients diagnosed with ocular syphilis at a tertiary referral center in India. Demographics, history, extraocular and ocular manifestations, ocular and systemic...