title: Confirmation of tertiary Treponema pallidum infection by polA polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
authors.affiliation: 1Microbiology Department, Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) 2Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, RMH 3Department of Anatomical Pathology, RMH 4Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chean
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kwong
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ciciulla
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Leslie
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001315:Australia; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013589:Syphilis, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D014210:Treponema pallidum / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D010400:Penicillin G