Diagnosis of Gastric Syphilis by Direct Immunofluorescence Staining and Real-Time PCR Testing
- 1 September 2006
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 44 (9), 3452-3456
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00721-06
Abstract
We report on a case of gastric syphilis in a patient with chronic dyspepsia. The diagnosis was established by serology and the demonstration of spirochetes in diffusely inflammed gastric mucosa by staining with a fluorescent monoclonal antibody specific for pathogenic treponemes and by the detection of specific treponemal DNA sequences by a real-time PCR.Keywords
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