Description
The test has species specificity (up to 98%) and high sensitivity. The test is most informative during the clinical manifestations of the primary stage of syphilis, accompanied by the formation of a hard chancre, when discharge from the surface of an ulcer or erosion can be taken as material for examination; in the second stage of the disease (rashes), the patient's blood serves as the material for examination.
Period of execution
Within 3 days. The specified time does not include the day of biomaterial collection
Biomaterial type
- Throat swab (oropharynx)
- Urogenital scraping (PCR)
- Scraping from erosive-ulcerative elements