Table 3.

Urine, Anal and Pharyngeal TP-DNA Positivity in the Presence or Absence of Ulcers in MSM with Early Syphilis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 2018 to December 2019

	Penile Ulcer Present		Penile Ulcer Absent
		TP-DNA positive		TP-DNA positive
	N	n (%)	N	n (%)
Urine
Primary syphilis	41	16 (39%)	29	8 (28%)
Secondary syphilis	5	4 (80%)	68	22 (33%)
Early latent syphilis	0	0 (0%)	86	6 (7%)
	Anal Ulcer Present		Anal Ulcer Absent
	TP-DNA positive		TP-DNA positive
	N	n (%)	N	n (%)
Anus
Primary syphilis	10	6 (60%)	60	7 (12%)
Secondary syphilis	5	5 (100%)	68	32 (47%)
Early latent syphilis	1	0 (0%)	85	11 (13%)
	Pharyngeal Ulcer Present		Pharyngeal Ulcer Absent
	TP-DNA positive		TP-DNA positive
	N	n (%)	N	n (%)
Pharyngeal
Primary syphilis	1	1 (100%)	69	6 (9%)
Secondary syphilis	2	1 (50%)	71	46 (65%)
Early latent syphilis	2	1 (50%)	84	20 (24%)

Abbreviations: MSM, men who have sex with men; No., number; TP-DNA, Treponema pallidum DNA.