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STDPOdcast: Dr. Khalil Ghanem on Ocular Syphilis

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent out a clinical advisory on an apparent increase in ocular syphilis in the United States.  According to the Advisory:

“Since December 2014, at least 15 cases of ocular syphilis from California and Washington have been reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least five other states have suspect cases under investigation. The majority of cases have been among MSM with HIV; and a few cases have occurred among HIV-uninfected persons including heterosexual men and women. Several of the cases have resulted in significant sequelae including blindness.”

Here to talk about the Advisory is Dr. Khalil Ghanem, a syphilis expert at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Ghanem is an associate professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins’ Bayview Medical Center and the Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health. 

Listen to the podcast at this link. 


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