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Comparison of CDC and sequence-based molecular typing of syphilis treponemes: tpr and arp loci are variable in multiple samples from the same patient.
BMC microbiology - 30 Jul 2013
Mikalová Lenka, Pospíšilová Petra, Woznicová Vladana, Kuklová Ivana, Zákoucká Hana, Smajs David
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BACKGROUND: Molecular typing of syphilis-causing strains provides important epidemiologic data. We tested whether identified molecular subtypes were identical in PCR-positive parallel samples taken from the same patient at a same time. We also tested whether subtype prevalence differs in skin and blood samples. RESULTS: Eighteen syphilis positive patients (showing both positive serology and PCR), with two...
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