• Sex Transm Dis · Aug 2007

    Manifestations and treatment of ocular syphilis during an epidemic in France.

    • Christine E Parc, Sadri Chahed, Sanjay V Patel, and Dominique Salmon-Ceron.
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Cochin Hospital, Paris V University, Paris, France. c.parc@hopitalfoch.org
    • Sex Transm Dis. 2007 Aug 1; 34 (8): 553-6.

    ObjectivesTo review cases of ocular syphilis presenting to a tertiary uveitis clinic during a syphilis epidemic in France between January 2001 and January 2004.Study DesignRetrospective chart and patient database review.ResultsTen patients who presented with symptoms and signs of uveitis tested positive for active syphilis. Some of the patients also presented with a rash or headache. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody testing was positive in eight of the 10 patients, with CD4 cell counts >200 cells/mm3 in seven of the patients. Ocular inflammation resolved and visual acuity improved in all patients after treatment.ConclusionsA diagnosis of ocular syphilis should be considered in any patient with visual loss associated with a rash or headache, irrespective of the patient's CD4 cell count. Ocular syphilis in HIV-positive patients should be treated as neurosyphilis, whereas ocular syphilis in non-HIV patients can be treated as secondary syphilis.

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