Research Article
Genital Ulcer Disease: How Worrisome Is It Today? A Status Report from New Delhi, India
Table 3
Comparison of clinical diagnosis with real-time PCR results.
| | Clinical Diagnosis | HSV-1 | HSV-2 | T. pallidum (Tp) | H. ducreyi (Hd) | HSV-1 & 2 | HSV-2 + Tp + Hd | HSV-2 + Tp | HSV-1 + Tp | HSV-1 & 2 + Tp | PCR diagnosis |
| | Syphilis (6) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | | Herpetic ulcer (71) | 8 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | | Chancroid (3) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Chancroid + Herpetic (7) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Syphilis + Herpetic (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| | Total (90) | 9 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 70 |
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Note: eight samples were negative for all 3 real-time PCR tests.
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