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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2016 Aug;43(8):524–527. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000478

Table 1. Clinical Characteristics, Laboratory Results and Molecular Typing Results for Ocular Syphilis Patients.

Pt Location Gender Known MSM HIV Status Stage of Syphilis RPR titer Sample Strain Type1 Diagnosis
1 Washington Male MSM Positive Early Latent 512 Ocular 8d/g Panuveitis
2 Washington Male MSM Negative Late Latent 256 Ocular 14d/g Panuveitis
3 Washington Male MSM Positive Early Latent 1024 CSF 8d/g Panuveitis, retinal detachment
4 Massachusetts Male MSM Positive Secondary 256 Whole Blood 14d/g Chorioretinitis
5 New York Male MSM Positive Primary 256 Ocular 14d/g Uveitis, chorioretinitis, vitritis
6 Oregon Male MSM Positive Late Latent 2048 CSF 14d/g Panuveitis
7 Massachusetts Male MSM Positive Secondary 256 CSF 13 __/g Panuveitis, retinitis
8 Washington Male No Negative Secondary 256 CSF 14 __/g Optic disc edema
9 Washington Male MSM Positive Secondary 64 CSF & Whole Blood __ __/g Papillitis, optic neuritis
10 Washington Male Unknown Positive Unknown 128 CSF __ __/g Panuveitis, chorioretinitis
11 Illinois Male Unknown Negative Late Latent 128 CSF __ __/c Panuveitis, retinitis
12 Massachusetts Male No Negative Early Latent 128 CSF & Whole Blood __ __/f Panuveitis
13 Washington Male No Negative Late Latent 4096 Whole Blood __ __/g Chorioretinitis
14 Oregon Female N/A Negative Secondary 256 CSF __ __/g Posterior Uveitis

MSM = Men who have sex with men

HIV = Human immunodeficiency virus

RPR = Rapid plasma reagin

CSF = Cerebrospinal fluid

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Strain type listed as arp gene (number), tpr RFLP/ tp0548 sequence