Syphilitic meningitis is a potential complication of a syphilis infection. Meningitis is an infection of the layers of tissues that cover the brain and spinal cord. It can be life threatening, but ...

Intravitreal ceftazidime may help treat syphilitic uveitis when IV penicillin is delayed. Ceftazidime is not a substitute for IV penicillin, which is the preferred treatment. A case series reported ...

Syphilitic uveitis cases requiring hospitalization increased from 2010 to 2019 in the U.S., amid a national shortage of the standard-of-care injectable penicillin G, according to a retrospective cross ...

Between 2013 and 2024, syphilitic uveitis remained a rare but serious manifestation of syphilis in the United States, predominantly affecting men, older individuals, and patients with concurrent HIV, ...

Syphilis should be considered in the differential diagnosis for lytic osseous lesions. The diagnosis of syphilitic osteitis can be made based on clinical, radiographic, and serologic findings, and ...

A 45-year-old woman presented to a clinic in rural Uganda with a 1-year history of a progressively enlarging ulcerated mass on the hard palate. The mass had initially been painless but recently had ...

Syphilitic meningitis is a form of bacterial meningitis that occurs due to a complication of syphilis. Without treatment, it can lead to permanent injury or death. A person can develop syphilitic ...

Intravitreal injections with the antibiotic ceftazidime can serve as an effective stop-gap therapy for syphilitic uveitis while patients await systemic therapy, a retrospective case series suggested.