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Author(s) -
M.-S. Tsai,
C.-J. Yang,
H.-Y. Sun,
W.-C. Liu,
S.-P. Yang,
P.-Y. Wu,
S.-Y. Chang,
C.-C. Hung
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
colorectal disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.029
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1463-1318
pISSN - 1462-8910
DOI - 10.1111/codi.14438
Subject(s) - medicine , citation , world wide web , computer science
Between 2009 and 2013, polymerase-chain-reaction assay was used to detect Treponema pallidum in the blood samples collected from 296 patients with early syphilis (241 being HIV infected) and 102 patients (34.5%) had spirochetemia. The presence of spirochetemia was associated with lower CD4 counts (per 10-cell/mm decrease, adjusted odds ratio (AOR), 1.020; 95% CI, 1.006–1.036) and secondary syphilis (AOR, 4.967; 95% CI, 2.016–12.238). Patients with early latent syphilis were less likely to achieve serological response compared with those with primary or secondary syphilis (AOR, 0.317; 95% CI, 0.142–0.708). However, serological response was not affected by presence of spirochetemia or antibiotic regimens. a2014 The Authors Clinical Microbiology and Infection a2014 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases ONLINE-ONLY RESEARCH NOTE BACTERIOLOGY CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by Elsevier Publisher Connector