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Number of samples with organisms that could be typed by stage of syphilis and type of sample
| Stage of syphilis | No. of samples with organism that could be typed/total no. of samples tested (%)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood | Plasma | Ear lobe scrapings | Lesion | |
| Primary | 3/4 (75) | 5/6 (83.3) | 4/4 (100) | 7/9 (77.7) |
| Secondary | 3/4 (75) | 4/5 (80) | 3/3 (100) | 6/6 (100) |
| Latent | 7/14 (50) | 11/21 (52.4) | 9/14 (64.3) | |
| Total | 13/22 (59.1) | 20/32 (62.5) | 16/21 (76.2) | 13/15 (86.7) |
