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2221. Use of PCR and MLST analysis to establish Treponema pallidum as the cause of a painful oral lesion

BACKGROUND: A syphilitic chancre is described classically as a single, indurated, and painless ulcer at the site of Treponema pallidum inoculation. METHODS: We present a 39-year-old heterosexual, monogamous, HIV-negative woman with a painful tongue lesion of one month’s duration. To exclude a malign...

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Autores principales: Velasquez Espiritu, Maria Rosa, Wormser, Gary P, Cafferky, Kaitlin, Edmondson, Diane, Norris, Steven, Munzer, Eric, Rizk, Ciril-Christian, Gelman, Irina, Lawler, Jacqueline, Boss, Heather, Keller, Marina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9752640/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac492.1840