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Does a low serofast RPR titer (such as 1:1 or 1:2) in the setting of a remote history of appropriately treated latent syphilis in a patient with now uveitis of yet unknown etiology referred from ophthalmology for possible ocular syphilis make a diagnosis of ocular syphilis less likely?

What is your approach to guiding ophthalmologists regarding our clinical suspicion for ocular syphilis and does the quantification of the titer help i...

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Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection, 2015-12

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of ocular syphilis: a new face in the era of HIV co-infection.

JAMA ophthalmology, 2024 Jan 01

Rising Incidence of Syphilitic Uveitis-Related Hospitalizations in the US.

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2016 Feb

Clinical Manifestations and Outcome of Syphilitic Uveitis.

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