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The Great Imitator: Ocular Syphilis Presenting as Posterior Uveitis

Patient: Female, 34 Final Diagnosis: Ocular syphilis Symptoms: Painful unilateral vision loss Medication: Benzylpenicillin Clinical Procedure: Lumbar puncture Specialty: Infectious Diseases • Ophthalmology OBJECTIVE: Rare disease BACKGROUND: Syphilis is often known as the “Great Imitator”. The diffe...

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Autores principales: Kuo, Alan, Ziaee, Saba M., Hosseini, Hamid, Voleti, Vinod, Schwartz, Steven D., Kim, Nam U., Ge, Phillip S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4500594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26151369
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.893907