Issue: 2004 > June > case report

Ocular syphilis acquired through oral sex in two HIV-infected patients



CASE REPORT
M.B.B. McCall, J.J.C. van Lith-Verhoeven, R. van Crevel, N. Crama, P.P. Koopmans, C.B. Hoyng, A.J.A.M. van der Ven
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Abstract

Two cases of ocular syphilis are described in HIV-infected individuals after unprotected oral sex. The primary syphilitic lesion remained unnoticed and lues was therefore only diagnosed after visual symptoms developed.