Missed opportunities to diagnose syphilis prior to the development of sight-losing uveitis

The incidence of syphilis in the UK is rapidly rising. Uveitis (intraocular inflammation) usually occurs in the secondary or later stages of syphilis infection and is sight-threatening. Methods A retrospective analysis of the demographics, presentation, diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of patients...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 2017-06, Vol.47 (2), p.129-134
Hauptverfasser:	Widdrington, JD, Ashfaq, I, Puvaneswaran, B, Ong, EL, Schwab, U, Price, DA, schmid, ML, Pandit, R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Humans Incidence Male Middle Aged Penicillins - therapeutic use Retrospective Studies Syphilis - complications Syphilis - diagnosis Syphilis - epidemiology United Kingdom - epidemiology Uveitis - drug therapy Uveitis - etiology
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