A physician requests a darkfield examination for syphilis on an oral lesion of a 33-year-old male. The image provided demonstrates the results of the test.
Source: CDC and Schwartz
How should this darkfield examination be interpreted?
A) Positive for Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum
B) Negative for T. pallidum ssp. pallidum
C) Unable to interpret
D) Positive for primary syphilis
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