Sensitivity, specificity and likelihood ratios of PCR in the diagnosis of syphilis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 251-256

  Gayet Ageron, Angèle ^a   Lautenschlager, Stephan ^b   Ninet, Béatrice ^c   Perneger, Thomas V ^a   Combescure, Christophe ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHTHOUS ULCER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; LIKELIHOOD RATIO; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEUROSYPHILIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DEFECT; STILLBIRTH; SYPHILIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UVEITIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84878191286     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050622     Document Type: Article

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