Laboratory diagnosis and interpretation of tests for syphilis. Clin Microbiol Rev 1995;8:1e21.Larsen S A,Steiner B M,Rudolph A H.Laboratory diagnosis and interpretation of tests for syphilis.Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 1995Larsen, S. A., Steiner, B. M. and Rudolph, A. H. Laboratory ...
It provides an overview of the natural history of syphilis. It describes the tests available for syphilis, including fluorescent microcopy and serology. The step by step interpretation of syphilis serology are discussed, which include screening, confirmation and disease activity....
Cross-reactivity in serological tests for Lyme disease and other spirochetal infections. Serum specimens from 163 persons with Lyme disease, tick-borne or louse-borne relapsing fever, yaws, syphilis, leptospirosis, or Rocky Mountain spotted fever were analyzed to assess the specificity of indirect fl...
Coombs test is also known as antiglobulin test. The Coombs test tests for antibodies that may stick to the red blood cells and cause red blood cells to die too early. It was discovered by Coombs, Mourant and Race in 1945. Coombs reagent is antihuman globulin. It is made by injecting hu...
thick membrane cardiotoxins meningococcal – fatal CHF, pericardial effusion, tamponade mycoplasma – atypical pneumo, ST-T wave ∆, pericarditis, audible friction rub spirochete infxn - syphilis + lyme Lyme – B. burdorferi – rash, CNS, joints, ♥ – AVB → syncope. Rheumatic ♥ dz –...
Diagnostic tests play an important role in the clinical strategies of preventive medicine. Some aspects of disease prevention are applicable to all and can be recommended unselectively. Examples include wearing seat belts and avoiding excessive use of al
Reagin, Rapid PlasmaThis, Syphilis InnoliaSingh A, Tilley P. Guide to interpretation of syphilis tests in Alberta, 2008. Provincial Laboratory of Public Health 2008 April 8Available from: URL: http://www.provlab.ab.ca/Guide2InterpSyphilis2008.pdf...
The limitations of the various tests must be recognized. Since the incidence of syphilis has increased in the past few years, most noticeably in the teen-age group, the geriatric group of the future may well reflect the greater morbidity, especially if newly infected persons a t the present ...
Interpretation of serological tests for syphilis.No abstract is available for this article.doi:10.1111/j.1440-0960.1978.tb00203.xD KellyJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Australasian Journal of DermatologyKelly D. Interpretation of serological tests for syphilis. Ausc J Dermarol 1978; 19: 91 -93....
PROPER INTERPRETATION OF SEROLOGIC TESTS FOR SYPHILIS IN THE AGED*doi:info:doi/10.1111/j.1532-5415.1967.tb01131.xNICHOLAS, LESLIEJournal of the American Geriatrics SocietyNicholas L. Proper interpretation of serologic tests for syphilis in the aged. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1967 Mar; 15 (3):224–...