PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | syphilis |
| Phenotype | C0042164|uveitis |
| Sentences | 5 |
| PubMedID- 20029143 | In a case series of fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption (fta-abs)-positive syphilis patients with uveitis, though anterior uveitis, nongranulomatous (in 62%), was the commonest presentation seen, iu was observed in 10.3%. |
| PubMedID- 26069511 | The uveitis that occurs with syphilis may be granulomatous or non-granulomatous [5], and it can affect one or both eyes in the anterior, intermediate, or posterior segments. |
| PubMedID- 26504598 | All patients included had an appropriated work-up depending on the type of uveitis with at least syphilis serology, chest x-ray, and mantoux test for granulomatous uveitis and hla b27 test for nongranulomatous uveitis. |
| PubMedID- 26451125 | uveitis associated with tuberculosis, syphilis, human t-cell leukemia virus type 1, and toxoplasmosis were also differentiated from the negative results on serological test or antibodies for these agents. |
| PubMedID- 26151369 | The differential diagnosis of posterior uveitis is broad with ocular syphilis being particularly challenging to diagnose as it presents similarly to other ocular conditions such as acute retinal necrosis. |
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