TABLE 2.
Specimen ID | Location (state) | Sex | Sexual orientation | HIV status | Stage of syphilis | RPR titer | CSF-VDRL titer |
Sample | polA PCR | polA Ct |
23S rRNA mutation | ACDCT strain type | MLST allelic profile | T. pallidum clade | Diagnosis |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OS-1 | Texas | Male | MSM/W | Pos | Unknown | R | 1:2 | CSF | Pos | 44.8 | NA | 14b9/g | NA | NA | Posterior uveitis, blurry vision |
OS-2 | Georgia | Male | MSM | Pos | Late latent | 1:512 | 1:4 | CSF | Pos | 43.3 | NA | NA | NA | NA | Panuveitis, partial vision loss |
OS-3 | Hawaii | Male | MSW | Neg | Secondary | 1:256 | R | CSF,blood,plasma,pharyngeal swab | Neg Neg Neg Pos |
NA NA NA 32.4 |
NA NA NA NA |
NA NA NA _b _9/_ |
NA NA NA NA |
NA NA NA NA |
Chorioretinitis, optic neuritis, blurry vision |
OS-4 | New York | Male | Unknown | Pos | Unknown | 1:512 | R | CSF,blood,serum | Pos Pos Neg |
43.4 36.9 NA |
NA NA NA |
14_10/g 14d10/g NA |
NA X3X NA |
NA SS14 NA |
Posterior uveitis |
OS-5 | Massachusetts | Male | MSM | Neg | Secondary | Unknown | 1:4 | CSF | Pos | 38 | NA | _ _ _/f | NA | NA | Retinal hypopigmentation |
OS-6 | Washington | Male | MSM | Neg | Secondary | 1:2,048 | 1:2 | CSF | Pos | 33.5 | NA | 14_ _/_ | NA | NA | Blurry vision |
OS-8 | Massachusetts | Male | MSM | Pos | Secondary | 1:128 | Unknown | CSFBlood | Pos Neg |
35.7 NA |
NA NA |
NA NA |
NA NA |
NA NA |
Posterior uveitis, blurry vision |
OS-9 | Massachusetts | Male | MSM | Pos | Secondary | 1:256 | Unknown | CSF | Pos | 37.2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | Panuveitis, partial vision loss, blurry vision |
OS-10 | North Carolina | Male | MSM | Unknown | Unknown | 1:128 | 1:8 | CSF | Pos | 37.5 | NA | NA | NA | NA | Panuveitis, blurry vision |
OS-11 | New York | Male | Unknown | Pos | Secondary | 1:4 | R | Vitreous fluid | Pos | 33.9 | NA | NA | NA | NA | Panuveitis, optic neuritis, chorioretinitis |
OS-12 | Massachusetts | Female | WSM | Neg | Secondary | 1:2 | R | CSF,vitreous fluid | Pos Pos |
31.1 24.7 |
NA A2058G |
14e9/f 14e9/f |
X.1.1 19.1.1 |
SS14 | Panuveitis |
OS-13 | Massachusetts | Male | MSW | Neg | Secondary | 1:128 | NR | CSF, blood | Pos Pos |
38.3 41.3 |
NA NA |
NA 14d_/_ |
NA NA |
NA NA |
Panuveitis |
OS-14 | Idaho | Female | WSM | Neg | Late latent | Unknown | R | CSF | Pos | 40.8 | NA | NA | NA | NA | Uveitis, chorioretinitis, loss of vision in both eyes |
OS-15 | New York | Male | MSM | Pos | Early latent | 1:128 | NR | CSF | Pos | 35.7 | NA | _e_/_ | NA | NA | Posterior uveitis |
OS-16 | Massachusetts | Male | Unknown | Pos | Late latent | 1:512 | NR | CSF, plasma | Neg Pos |
NA 34.3 |
NA NA |
NA NA |
NA NA |
NA NA |
Optic neuritis, papillitis, blurry vision |
OS-17 | Idaho | Male | MSM | Pos | Unknown | 1:65,536 | 1:2 | CSF | Pos | 37.1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | Panuveitis, uveitis, partial vision loss, blurry vision |
OS-18 | Connecticut | Male | MSM | Neg | Secondary | 1:128 | Unknown | Vitreous fluid | Pos | 26.9 | A2058G | 14d9/g | 6c.3.1 | SS14 | Chorioretinitis, posterior uveitis, vitritis |
Abbreviations: ACDCT, augmented CDC typing; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; Ct, cycle threshold; MLST, multilocus sequence typing; MSM, men who have sex with men; MSW, men who have sex with women; WSM, women who have sex with men; RPR, rapid plasma regain, VDRL, Venereal disease research laboratory; Pos, positive; Neg, negative; NR, non-reactive; R, reactive; NA, not amplifiable; NT, not tested; X, MLST allele not determined.
Denotes ACDCT typing targets that were not amplifiable.
Closest match for tp0136 was to allele 6 with one indel mutation.