Accuracy of PCR and serological testing for the diagnosis of primary syphilis: Both tests are necessary

Int J STD AIDS. 2019 Oct;30(11):1087-1094. doi: 10.1177/0956462419859764. Epub 2019 Sep 24.

Authors

Angel A Noda¹, Islay Rodríguez¹, Linda Grillová^{2

3}, Philipp P Bosshard^{4

5}, Reto Lienhard⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mycology-Bacteriology, Institute of Tropical Medicine "Pedro Kourí", Havana, Cuba.
² Department of Biology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
³ Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
⁶ Department of Serology, ADMED Microbiologie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.

PMID: 31551003
DOI: 10.1177/0956462419859764

No abstract available

Keywords: PCR; Syphilis diagnosis; serology.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Cuba
Female
Humans
Male
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
Sensitivity and Specificity
Syphilis / diagnosis*
Syphilis / drug therapy
Syphilis Serodiagnosis / methods*
Treponema pallidum / genetics*
Treponema pallidum / isolation & purification*