梅毒是一种严重危害人民健康的性传播疾病，了解并掌握梅毒螺旋体检测方法对早期发现和控制梅毒具有重要的意义。此文就梅毒螺旋体检测方法及其临床应用作一综述。

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease which harms people's health seriously. To understand and to grasp methods for detection of Treponema pallidum have an important significance for discovery and control syphilis in the early stage. This article reviews methods and clinical applications for detection of Treponema pallidum.