Tonsillar Syphilis: an Unusual Site of Infection Detected by Treponema pallidum PCR.

J Clin Microbiol

Serology Section, Cadham Provincial Public Health Laboratory, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Department of Immunology, College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Published: September 2015

With the reemergence of syphilis, it is important that both clinical and public health practitioners recognize the various clinical manifestations of this disease (formerly known as "the great imitator") and become familiar with the newer diagnostic tests. Here we report the first case of tonsillar syphilis diagnosed by PCR.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4540896PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01634-15DOI Listing

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