Multiple Choice
Based on a patient's medical history, a doctor suspects that the patient may have been exposed to syphilis several years prior.Since the patient is currently asymptomatic, the doctor will be testing to see if the patient is in the latent stage of syphilis.Which of the following would be the most effective way to diagnose syphilis during latency?
A) dark-field microscopy of scrapings from chancres
B) dark-field microscopy of blood specimens
C) culture of blood specimens on syphilis selective agar
D) serological testing of blood specimens
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