Table 1. Clinical and laboratory data for patient specimens used for in vivo rabbit propagation.
| Specimen ID1 | San Francisco Municipal STD Clinic | CDC Laboratory | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syphilis stage | Site of lesion, ulcer/chancre/lesion | DF | Antibody titer2 (assay) | qPCR (genomic copies/ml) | |
| CDC-SF011 | Primary | Penile, sore | Positive | 1:4 (RPR) | 7.00 x 104 |
| CDC-SF002 | Primary | Penile (glans), lesion | Positive | Weakly reactive (VDRL) | 6.44 x 102 |
| CDC-SF0033 | Primary | Penile (coronal sulcus), ulcer | Positive | 1:4 (VDRL) | 1.14 x 104 |
| CDC-SF004 | Secondary | Scrotum, lesion | Positive | 1:16 (VDRL) | 7.58 x 104 |
| CDC-SF005 | Primary | Penile (coronal sulcus), multiple chancres | Positive | 1:4 (VDRL) | 1.27 x 107 |
| CDC-SF006 | Primary | Penile, multiple chancres | Positive | 1:2 (VDRL) | 4.59 x 103 |
| CDC-SF0073 | Secondary | Perianal, ulcer | Positive | 1:8 (VDRL) | 4.43 x 104 |
| CDC-SF008 | Primary | Penile (coronal sulcus), chancre | Positive | 1:1 (VDRL) | 4.50 x 104 |
1 Each specimen is from a different patient.
2 Clinic reported non-treponemal antibody titers.
3 Clinical specimens that consistently propagated in rabbits.