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

Gayet-Ageron, Angèle; Sednaoui, Patrice; Lautenschlager, Stephan; Ferry, Tristan; Toutous Trellu, Laurence Marie; Cavassini, Matthias; Yassir, Fatima; Martinez De Tejada Weber, Begona; Emonet, Stéphane; Combescure, Christophe; Schrenzel, Jacques; Perneger, Thomas

doi:10.3201/eid2101.140790

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

ContributorsGayet-Ageron, Angèle; Sednaoui, Patrice; Lautenschlager, Stephan; Ferry, Tristan; Toutous Trellu, Laurence Marie; Cavassini, Matthias; Yassir, Fatima; Martinez De Tejada Weber, Begona; Emonet, Stéphane; Combescure, Christophe

; Schrenzel, Jacques; Perneger, Thomas

Published inEmerging infectious diseases, vol. 21, no. 1, p. 127-129

Publication date2015

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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.

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GAYET-AGERON, Angèle et al. Use of Treponema pallidum PCR in testing of ulcers for diagnosis of primary syphilis. In: Emerging infectious diseases, 2015, vol. 21, n° 1, p. 127–129. doi: 10.3201/eid2101.140790

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PID : unige:74166
DOI : 10.3201/eid2101.140790
PMID : 25531672

ISSN of the journal1080-6040

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