Laboratory-confirmed case of yaws in a 10-year-old boy from the Republic of the Congo

J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Nov;49(11):4013-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01121-11. Epub 2011 Sep 14.

Abstract

We report a case of yaws in a patient with puritic cutaneous eruption who was initially suspected of infection with monkeypox. The diagnosis was established by real-time PCR and sequencing of specific treponemal DNA sequences. This is the first report describing the use of DNA sequencing to identify Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue-specific sequences in a patient with active yaws.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Congo
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial / pathology
  • Treponema pallidum / classification*
  • Treponema pallidum / genetics
  • Treponema pallidum / isolation & purification*
  • Yaws / diagnosis*
  • Yaws / microbiology

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JN411088
  • GENBANK/JN582336
  • GENBANK/JN582337
  • GENBANK/JN582338
  • GENBANK/JN582339