Treponema pallidum distribution patterns in mucocutaneous lesions of primary and secondary syphilis: an immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study

Human Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 624-630

  Martín Ezquerra, Gemma ^a   Fernandez Casado, Alex ^a   Barco, Dídac ^b   Jucglà, Anna ^c   Juanpere Rodero, Núria ^a   Manresa, Josep Maria ⁱ   de Almeida, Luis Miguel Soares ^d   Rodríguez Peralto, Jose Luis ^e   Kutzner, Heinz ^f   Cerroni, Lorenzo ^g   Barranco, Carles ^a   Lloreta, Josep ^a   Requena, Luis ^h   Pujol, Ramon M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^f Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftslabor   (Germany)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^h Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

ⁱ INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endotheliotropic; Epitheliotropic; Syphilis; Treponema

Indexed keywords

POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILVER STAINING; SKIN BIOPSY; STAINING; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WARTHIN STARRY STAINING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; SPIROCHAETALES; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS, CUTANEOUS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 64449086601     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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