Table 1 Clinical characteristics of cases with syphilis
All cases | Cases that were not accessible for MLST | Fully-typed cases by MLST | P value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of cases | 71 | 51 | 20 | |||||
Median age, yr (IQR) | 43 | (37–49) | 41 | (34–48) | 44 | (37–50) | 0.37† | |
HIV infection, n (%) | 69 | (97.2) | 51 | (100) | 18 | (90.0) | 0.08‡ | |
Stage of syphilis, n (%) | Primary syphilis | 7 | (9.9) | 3 | (7.8) | 4 | (20) | 0.09‡ |
Secondary syphilis | 23 | (32) | 15 | (29) | 8 | (40) | 0.41‡ | |
Early Asymptomatic syphilis | 35 | (49) | 28 | (54) | 7 | (35) | 0.19‡ | |
Neurosyphilis* | 6 | (8.5) | 3 | (5.9) | 3 | (15) | 0.34‡ | |
Unknown | 6 | (8.5) | 5 | (9.8) | 1 | (5%) | 0.67‡ | |
Serum TPLA titer, Median, U/mL (IQR) | 6571 | (2592–15857) | 5351 | (2325–10774) | 14,483 | (4054–24596) | 0.018† | |
Serum RPR titer, Median, R.U. (IQR) | 75.7 | (34.4 -188.5) | 60.9 | (27.8 -136.5) | 188.7 | (59.8 -337.2) | 0.0081† | |
CRP, mg/dL (IQR) | 0.23 | (0.09–0.65) | 0.14 | (0.065–0.33) | 1.04 | (0.61–1.36) | < 0.0001† | |