Introduction: Ocular syphilis is a rare manifestation of syphilis. manifestations vary and can occur at all stages the disease. Syphilis affect eye structures, main complaint blurred vision, accompanied by non-specific symptoms such as pain in eye, does not respond to steroids. Case: The male patient, 54 years old, presents with complaints both eyes slowly getting worse history sexual multi-par...

INTRODUCTION Syphilis is a sexually transmitted, systemic, chronic infection that can affect all structures of the eye from cornea to optic nerve.1,2 The British Ocular Syphilis Study (BOSS) reported an annual incidence of intraocular syphilis of 0.3 per million UK adult population based on 2014 data. Bilateral ocular involvement was present in 56%, and the mean presenting Snellen visual acuity...

Although early syphilis morbidity in New York City (NYC) has declined to a record low, syphilis seroreactivity among women jailed in NYC is approximately 25%. By use of a retrospective cohort-type analysis of longitudinal serologic and treatment data collected at the time of each incarceration, the incidence of syphilis infection among 3579 susceptible women jailed multiple times in NYC between...

Rates of primary and secondary (P&S) syphilis have been declining in the United States since the last national epidemic in 1990. Syphilis causes substantial morbidity and mortality in the form of cardiac and neurologic disease, stillbirth and developmental disability from congenital syphilis, and by facilitating transmission of human immunodeficiency virus. Syphilis is both preventable and cura...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the impact of syphilis control activities in King County, Washington. STUDY DESIGN We calculated rates of early syphilis and trends in numbers of persons tested and diagnosed through screening and partner notification from 1998 to 2005. RESULTS Early syphilis cases increased from 38 in 1998 to 188 in 2005 with 92% occurring among men who h...

OBJECTIVE To examine syphilis testing capacity, screening coverage rates and types of syphilis tests used in medical facilities in southern China. METHODS Eleven of the 14 municipalities in Guangdong province participated. Data on syphilis testing capacity, screening coverage and types of syphilis tests used were collected from all types of public medical facilities offering prenatal care (n ...

BACKGROUND Syphilis incidence has increased dramatically in the United States since 2000, occurring primarily among men who have sex with men (MSM) and disproportionately affecting those with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The continued increases in syphilis rates among MSM signals the need for enhanced prevention methods. We undertook a study to examine the rate of repeat syphil...

OBJECTIVE To measure the incidence of syphilis detected in pregnancy and congenital syphilis in the United Kingdom. DESIGN Surveys through consultants in genitourinary medicine and paediatricians with active surveillance. SETTING United Kingdom, 1994-7. SUBJECTS Women treated for syphilis in pregnancy, and children with early congenital syphilis born in the United Kingdom. RESULTS Over ...

Globally, men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately burdened with syphilis. This review describes the published literature on trends in syphilis infections among MSM in the US and Western Europe from 1998, the period with the fewest syphilis infections in both geographical areas, onwards. We also describe disparities in syphilis trends among various sub-populations of MSM. We searc...

BACKGROUND Early diagnosis of syphilis and timely treatment can effectively reduce ongoing syphilis transmission and morbidity. We examined the factors associated with the early diagnosis of syphilis to inform syphilis screening strategic planning. METHODS In an observational study, we analyzed reported syphilis cases in Guangdong Province, China (from 2014 to mid-2015) accessed from the nati...