• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Refining Timely Diagnosis of Early Syphilis by Using Treponema pallidum PCR or IgM Immunoblotting Next to Conventional Serology for Syphilis
  • Contributor: Flipse, Jacky; Niekamp, Anne-Marie; Dirks, Anne; Dukers-Muijrers, Nicole H. T. M.; Hoebe, Christian J. P. A.; Wolffs, Petra; van Loo, Inge H. M.
  • imprint: American Society for Microbiology, 2023
  • Published in: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00112-23
  • ISSN: 0095-1137; 1098-660X
  • Keywords: Microbiology (medical)
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  • Description: <jats:p> <jats:named-content content-type="genus-species">Treponema pallidum</jats:named-content> subsp. <jats:italic>pallidum</jats:italic> is a fastidious spirochete and the etiologic agent of syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Syphilis diagnoses and disease staging are based on clinical findings and serologic testing. </jats:p>
  • Access State: Open Access