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. 2022 Oct 21;25(Suppl 6):e26009. doi: 10.1002/jia2.26009
Abstract P191 – Table 1. Clinical characteristics and TP‐DNA detection of included participants. Data are median [IQR], n (%), or n/N (%).
Early syphilis (n = 145) Primary syphilis (n = 14) Secondary syphilis (n = 52) Early latent syphilis (n = 79) No early syphilis (n = 101)
Age, years [IQR] 36 [32 to 43] 33 [30 to 43] 33 [29 to 41] 38 [34 to 44] 33 [30 to 40]
MSM 138 (99%) 12 (92%) 52 (100%) 74 (99%) 88 (97%)
>5 sexual partners in past 3 months 18 (15%) 2 (17%) 10 (23%) 6 (9%) 6 (7%)
HIV‐positive 134 (92%) 12 (86%) 46 (88%) 76 (96%) 62 (61%)
CD4 count, cells per μL 619 [490 to 811] 661 [530 to 823] 641 [461 to 806] 605 [503 to 794] 578 [423 to 798]
On ART 130/134 (97%) 12/12 (100%) 43/46 (93%) 75/76 (99%) 59/62 (95%)
HIV‐negative 11 (8%) 2 (14%) 6 (12%) 3 (4%) 39 (39%)
On PrEP 2/11 (18%) 1/2 (50%) 1/6 (17%) 0/3 (0%) 24/39 (62%)
Not on PrEP 9/11 (82%) 1/2 (50%) 5/6 (83%) 3/3 (100%) 15/39 (38%)
RPR [IQR] 128 [64 to 256] 256 [64 to 256] 256 [128 to 512] 128 [32 to 256]
TP‐DNA positivity
Oral rinse 60 (41%) 7 (50%) 35 (67%) 18 (23%) 4 (4%)
Rectal swab 40 (28%) 4 (29%) 26 (50%) 10 (13%) 1 (1%)
Urethral swab 25 (17%) 4 (29%) 16 (31%) 5 (6%) 0 (0%)
Any sample 71 (49%) 9 (64%) 38 (73%) 24 (30%) 4 (4%)
Ct value of PCR test
Oral rinse 31.78 [29.68 to 33.76] 31.43 [30.14 to 32.85] 31.24 [29.41 to 33.40] 32.74 [32.01 to 33.80] 33.70 [‐]
Rectal swab 30.91 [27.90 to 33.84] 32.47 [‐] 30.79 [28.05 to 33.70] 31.00 [27.23 to 34.60] 37.93 [‐]
Urethral swab 35.53 [33.51 to 36.99] 34.62 [‐] 34.94 [33.47‐37.02] 35.93

Ct, cycle threshold; PrEP, pre‐exposure prophylaxis; RPR, rapid plasma reagin; TP‐DNA, Treponema pallidum DNA.