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Use of Treponema pallidum PCR in testing of ulcers for diagnosis of primary syphilis.

ABSTRACT: Treponema pallidum PCR (Tp-PCR) has been noted as a valid method for diagnosing syphilis. We compared Tp-PCR to a combination of darkfield microscopy (DFM), the reference method, and serologic testing in a cohort of 273 patients from France and Switzerland and found the diagnostic accuracy of Tp-PCR was higher than that for DFM.

SUBMITTER: Gayet-Ageron A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4285282 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Use of Treponema pallidum PCR in testing of ulcers for diagnosis of primary syphilis.

Gayet-Ageron Angèle A Sednaoui Patrice P Lautenschlager Stephan S Ferry Tristan T Toutous-Trellu Laurence L Cavassini Matthias M Yassir Fatima F Martinez de Tejada Begoña B Emonet Stéphane S Combescure Christophe C Schrenzel Jacques J Perneger Thomas T

Emerging infectious diseases 20150101 1

Treponema pallidum PCR (Tp-PCR) has been noted as a valid method for diagnosing syphilis. We compared Tp-PCR to a combination of darkfield microscopy (DFM), the reference method, and serologic testing in a cohort of 273 patients from France and Switzerland and found the diagnostic accuracy of Tp-PCR was higher than that for DFM. ...[more]

PMID: 25531672

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Use of Treponema pallidum PCR in testing of ulcers for diagnosis of primary syphilis.

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Use of Treponema pallidum PCR in testing of ulcers for diagnosis of primary syphilis.

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