Dark ground microscopy for identification of Treponema pallidum
| Autor: | Betsy Ambooken, Vayappurath G Binesh, Neelakandhan Asokan, Abdulsalam Sarin, Balaguru Natarajan, Cheruvathoor Thankachan Subi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Skin and Sexually Transmitted Diseases. :1-3 |
| ISSN: | 2582-3175 |
| DOI: | 10.25259/jsstd_39_2022 |
| Popis: | Demonstration of Treponema pallidum under the dark ground microscope is a rapid onsite method for diagnosis in early syphilis. The steps involve obtaining patient consent, specimen collection from an infective lesion of early syphilis, the adjustments of dark field microscope, and identification of treponemes by virtue of their characteristic morphology and motility. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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