Ocular Syphilis: A Rare Complication of an Emerging Disease
Received Date: Nov 30, 2020 / Accepted Date: Dec 14, 2020 / Published Date: Dec 21, 2020
Abstract
Syphilis rates in the United States have had a dramatic increase in the past 10 years. Incidence in 2018 of primary and secondary syphilis was 10.8 cases per 100,000, a 71.4% increase from the incidence in 2014. With the increase in incidence of primary and secondary syphilis awareness of the complications of this disease are paramount. A rare complication is ocular involvement. We present the case of a 60-year-old man who presented with ocular syphilis. Given the emerging public health concern of this illness understanding rare presentations is essential for contact tracing and infection control.
Keywords: Ocular syphilis; Contact tracing; Infection control; Amphetamine
Citation: Peng Y (2020) Ocular Syphilis: A Rare Complication of an Emerging Disease. J Neuroinfect Dis 11: 311.
Copyright: © 2020 Peng Y. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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