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The diagnostic performances of the two assays were very similar: both Enzygnost Syphilis and ARCHITECT Syphilis TP performed with a sensitivity of 99.2%, whereas the specificity was 98.5 and 98.4%, respectively. Considering the suitability for automation, both immunoassays may represent a good choice ...
Current guidelines recommend testing for several comorbid infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, viral hepatitis (A, B, and C), measles, trichomoniasis, varicella zoster virus, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis.7 Additional testing, including glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, t...
This is due to the high morbidity associated with STIs, such as the sequelae of reproductive tract infections, cervical cancer, congenital syphilis, ectopic pregnancy and infertility, as well as the morbidity of HIV-related illness and death from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Public ...
Analytical procedures General knowledge Serological tests for syphilis Special procedures 6. IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY 22 questions Blood typing Compatibility testing principles and procedures General knowledge Immune response Rh immune globulin Special tests 7. BLOOD BANKING AND TRANSFUSION SERVICES 17 questions Blood ...
Laboratory aids to the clinical diagnosis of syphilis have developed rapidly since the announcement by Schaudinn and Hoffmanin 1905, of the as the probable causative agent. Prior to that time the rarely used Justus test (increase of hemo... LS Schmitt - 《Journal of the American Medical Assoc...
It is not necessary that such a test be based upon a thorough understanding of the pathogenetic mechanisms in rheumatic fever, a fact that is adequately demonstrated by such procedures as the Wassermann test for syphilis and the heterophile antibody test as employed in the diagnosis of infectious...
These assays have their origins beginning >60 years ago, with the identification of the biologic false positive test for syphilis, the observation of "circulating anticoagulants" in certain patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, the identification of cardiolipin as a key component in the serologic...
This retrospective study on syphilis screening at the sexually transmitted infection (STI) unit of a University Department emphasizes the necessity of a treponemal-specific test as the appropriate screening test. The Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) test for syphilis screening may, under certa...
Current guidelines address testing for several comorbid infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, viral hepatitis (A, B, and C), trichomoniasis, cytomegalovirus, varicella zoster virus, chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and Toxoplasma gondii infection.12 HPV screening and Pap testing for cervical an...