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Table 2 Clinical findings of ocular syphilis in HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients

From: Clinical and laboratory characteristics of ocular syphilis: a new face in the era of HIV co-infection

 

Initial VA

Type of uveitis

Treatment

Final VA

FU duration

1

OD 20/50

Posterior uveitis

IV PCN × 14 days

OD 20/40

8 years

OS 20/30

Posterior uveitis

OS 20/40

2

OD LP

Panuveitis

IV PCN × 14 days

OD 20/25

3 years

OS 20/30

Panuveitis

OS 20/80

3

OD 20/30

Panuveitis

IV PCN × 14 days

OD 20/70

2 years

OS 20/40

Panuveitis

IM PCN × 3 weeks

OS 20/40

4

OD 20/20

None

IV PCN × 14 days

OD 20/25

10 months

OS 20/200

Panuveitis

IM PCN × 3 weeks

OS 4 ft/200

5

OD 20/25

Anterior uveitis

IV PCN × 10 days

OD 20/30

1 months

OS 20/40

Panuveitis

OS 20/40

6

OD 20/150

Panuveitis

IV PCN × 14 days

OD 20/25

4 months

OS HM

Panuveitis

IM PCN × 3 weeks

OS 20/80

7

OD 20/25

Papillitis

IV ceftriaxone × 14 days

OD 20/40

4 months

OS 20/20

Papillitis

Doxycycline po × 21 days

OS 20/40

8

OD 20/30

Anterior uveitis

IV PCN × 14 days

OD 20/40

4 months

OS 20/30

Anterior uveitis

OS 20/25

9

OD 20/30

Panuveitis

IV PCN × 14 days

OD 20/30

1 months

OS 20/30

Panuveitis

OS 20/40

10

OD 20/150

Panuveitis

IV PCN × 14 days

OD 20/70

1 months

OS HM

Panuveitis

OS 8/200

11

OD 20/400

Posterior uveitis

IV PCN × 14 days

OD 20/150

7 months

OS 20/200

Posterior uveitis

OS 20/150

12

OD 20/25

Posterior uveitis

IV PCN incomplete

OD NA

Lost to FU

OS HM

Posterior uveitis, CN III, VII palsy

OS NA

13

OD prosthesis

Anterior uveitis

IV PCN × 12 days

OD prosthesis

1 months

OS 20/25

OS 20/40

14

OD 20/30

None

IV PCN × 10 days

OD 20/25

3 years

OS 8 ft/200

Panuveitis

OS 20/400

15

OD CF

Posterior uveitis

Lost to FU

OD NA

Lost to FU

OS HM

Posterior uveitis

OS NA

16

OD NLP

Pale disc

IV PCN × 14 days

OD NLP

12 months

OS 20/60

Papillitis

OS 20/40

  1. VA visual acuity, FU follow-up, LP light perception, HM hand motion, NLP no light perception, PCN, penicillin