Frequent Oropharyngeal Detection of Treponema pallidum DNA in Patients with Syphilis: A Cross-Sectional Study of Three Anatomical Sampling Sites.
OBJECTIVES To compare Treponema pallidum (TP) PCR positivity across anatomical sites and assess whether oropharyngeal sampling warrants prospective evaluation as an adjunct to serology in suspected early syphilis without suitable lesion material. METHODS Retrospective cross-sectional study of 70 patients with serolog...