PCR detection in diagnosis of early syphilis: a preliminary result from China

• Published in: Sexually transmitted infections Vol. 89; no. 3; p. 230
• Main Authors: Peng, Rui-Rui, Yin, Yue-Ping, Wei, Wan-Hui, Wang, Hong-Chun, Zhang, Jin-Ping, Chen, Xiang-Sheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.05.2013; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Bacteriological Techniques - methods; Diagnosis; Dna; Humans; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques - methods; Performance evaluation; Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; Syphilis; Syphilis - diagnosis; Treponema pallidum - isolation & purification; China

Recently, Gayet-Ageron and colleagues published a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the diagnostic values of Treponema pallidum PCR and concluded that PCR is a useful additional diagnostic tool. 1 However, the data on examining diagnostic performance of PCR-based methods for early syph...