Ocular syphilis: One half of patients are HIV+

Fifty one percent of ocular syphilis cases reported in 2014-2015 were HIV positive, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Friday. Although syphilis is nationally notifiable, ocular manifestations are not reportable to CDC. Because of concerns about an increase in ocular syphilis, the CDC issued an advisory in ["]

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