Review Article

Clinical Features and Treatments of Syphilitic Uveitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of patients with syphilitic uveitis.

StudyBilaterality (%)AU (%)IU (%)PU (%)PAU (%)ASPPC (%)Retinitis, retinal
vasculitis, neuroretinitis
Papillitis,
optic neuritis
HIV-positive (%)CSF VDRL
positive (%)

Bollemeijier (2016)63.515.81.430.247.586.074.035.938.7
Dai (2016)20.022.014.60.036.0
Fonollosa (2016)86.014.00.052.034.08.623.733.334.015.0
Sahin (2016)41.729.411.829.411.85.90.0
Tsuboi (2016)50.010.06.750.020.06.753.3100.0
Zhang (2016)73.33.017.09.013.3
Lee (2015)81.313.827.644.813.862.520.0
Moradi (2015)74.336.123.08.245.93.354.347.1
Northey (2015)52.032.467.62.72.727.027.032.042.9
Shen (2015)61.54.89.552.414.37.7
Mathew (2014)56.09.51.612.741.322.231.7
Rodrigues (2014)58.35.321.157.95.310.566.722.2
Yap (2014)50.033.35.627.833.344.433.325.044.4
Restivo (2013)50.09.528.650.042.942.9
Eandi (2012)
Yang (2012)84.285.75.794.328.621.0
Balaskas (2011)61.50.050.045.269.031.07.75.5
Hughes (2010)46.210.510.536.847.473.746.160.0
Li (2010)69.222.723.130.827.3100.050.0
Kunkel (2009)71.017.141.79.826.845.829.1
Fonollosa (2009)50.05.694.427.827.875.075.0
Anshu (2008)31.875.910.313.827.63.427.627.60.050.0
Hong (2007)75.07.178.614.328.60.020.0
Parc (2007)10.0100.036.472.780.022.2
Tran (2005)67.010.020.030.035.025.0100.0
Shalaby (1997)83.030.823.138.57.7100.063.6
Li (2011)85.041.758.366.741.783.025.0
Ormerod (2001)90.45.02.017.52.533.347.4
Browning (2000)71.454.212.536.022.2
Villanueva (2000)15.010.033.320.0
Deschenes (1992)71.485.7>0>028.614.366.7
Tamesis (1990)44.429.45.917.647.111.817.68.050.0

ASPPC: acute syphilitic posterior placoid choroiditis; AU: anterior uveitis; CSF: cerebrospinal fluid; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; IU: intermediate uveitis; PAU: panuveitis; PU: posterior uveitis; VDRL: venereal disease research laboratory test.