Double Trouble: Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Ocular Syphilis in HIV-infected Individuals

Rafael de Pinho Queiroz; Derrick P. Smit; Remco P. H. Peters; Daniel Vitor Vasconcelos-Santos

doi:10.1080/09273948.2020.1772839

Double Trouble: Challenges in the Diagnosis and Management of Ocular Syphilis in HIV-infected Individuals

Rafael de Pinho Queiroz, Derrick P. Smit^*, Remco P. H. Peters, Daniel Vitor Vasconcelos-Santos

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Abstract

Syphilis and HIV infection may coexist in the same individual. Ocular syphilis and/or neurosyphilis may develop at any stage of coinfection, with a stronger association between ocular and neurosyphilis in individuals living with HIV, than in HIV-uninfected individuals. The diagnosis of ocular syphilis in HIV-infected and -uninfected patients remains with some controversy due to unspecific clinical manifestations and limited diagnostic tests. Penicillin is the mainstay of treatment of ocular syphilis, but alternative options are warranted. This review describes the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and clinical manifestations, as well as the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges posed by ocular syphilis against the background of HIV coinfection.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1040-1048
Number of pages	9
Journal	Ocular Immunology and Inflammation
Volume	28
Issue number	7
Early online date	12 Jul 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09273948.2020.1772839
Publication status	Published - 2 Oct 2020

Keywords

Challenges
diagnosis
HIV
management
ocular syphilis
HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS
TREPONEMA-PALLIDUM
CLINICAL-MANIFESTATIONS
TREATMENT OUTCOMES
OPTIC NEURITIS
UVEITIS
NEUROSYPHILIS
SECONDARY
TIME
PREVALENCE

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