Open AccessOcular syphilis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy
Author(s) -
Sridha Sridharan,
Jaspreet Sukhija,
Poongulali Selvamuthu,
Mudit Tyagi,
Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy,
Jyotirmay Biswas
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_1070_20
Subject(s) - medicine , syphilis , retinitis , coinfection , uveitis , chorioretinitis , cytomegalovirus retinitis , population , immunology , aids related opportunistic infections , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral disease , ophthalmology , sida , virus , environmental health , human cytomegalovirus
Re-emergent ocular syphilis in patients with Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection has both diagnostic and management difficulties because of the overlapping risk factors. The clinical manifestations described in non-HIV may not be the same in patients with HIV coinfection. Immune recovery uveitis (IRU) may also alter the course of the disease causing recurrences. We studied the clinical features in correlation with CD4 counts, systemic immune status, sexual preferences and management outcomes in HIV/AIDS patients with ocular syphilis in the highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) era from a high endemic HIV population like India.