Treponema denticola infection is not a cause of false positive Treponema pallidum serology

New Microbiologica

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-221

  Marangoni, Antonella ^a   Sambri, Vittorio ^a   Cavrini, Francesca ^a,b   Frabetti, Alessia ^a   Storni, Elisa ^a,b   Accardo, Silvia ^a   Servidio, Dora ^c   Foschi, Federico ^c   Montebugnoli, Lucio ^c   Prati, Carlo ^c   Cevenini, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Centro di Riferimento Regionale Emilia Romagna Per le Emergenze Microbiologiche (CRREM)   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Serology; Syphilis; Treponema denticola

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GINGIVAL CREVICULAR FLUID; HUMANS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS;

TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 25444461131     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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