Detection of Treponema pallidum Sp. Pallidum DNA in Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) by Two PCR Techniques

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 628-632

  Castro, Rita ^a   Águas, Maria João ^b   Batista, Teresa ^c   Araújo, Carlos ^c   Mansinho, Kamal ^c   Pereira, Filomena da Luz Martins ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^c Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental   (Portugal)

Author keywords

CNS infection; neurosyphilis; T. pallidum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUROSYPHILIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84989271408     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.21913     Document Type: Article

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