Evaluation of a PCR test for detection of Treponema pallidum in swabs and blood

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 546-552

  Grange, P A ^a   Gressier, L ^a,b   Dion, P L ^c   Farhi, D ^b   Benhaddou, N ^b   Gerhardt, P ^b   Morini, J P ^b   Deleuze, J ^b   Pantoja, C ^b   Bianchi, A ^d   Lassau, F ^c   Avril, M F ^b   Janier, M ^c   Dupina, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b AP HP ^*  (France)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CNR Syphilis   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK FIELD MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; TPP47 GENE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN ULCER; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84857410076     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00702-11     Document Type: Article

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