A longitudinal evaluation of Treponema pallidum PCR testing in early syphilis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Shields, Matt ^a   Guy, Rebecca J ^b   Jeoffreys, Neisha J ^c   Finlayson, Robert J ^a   Donovan, Basil ^b,d  

^a Taylor Square Private Clinic ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaluation; PCR; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84871027933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-353     Document Type: Article

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