Syphilis fast latex agglutination test, a rapid confirmatory test
| Autor: | Victoria Pope, Martha B. Fears |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
Sexually transmitted disease medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Clinical Biochemistry Immunology Antibodies and Mediators of Immunity Sensitivity and Specificity Agglutination Tests medicine Immunology and Allergy Humans Syphilis Treponema pallidum Obstetrics business.industry Serum samples medicine.disease Test (assessment) Latex fixation test Reagent Kits Diagnostic business Latex Fixation Tests Treponema pallidum particle agglutination assay |
| Zdroj: | Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology. 8(4) |
| ISSN: | 1071-412X |
| Popis: | Using 255 serum samples with various reactivities, we evaluated the Syphilis Fast latex agglutination test (Syphilis Fast) against the Treponema pallidum particle agglutination test (TP-PA) for confirming a diagnosis of syphilis. We found 98.8% agreement between the Syphilis Fast and the TP-PA. The Syphilis Fast, however, had a couple of advantages over the TP-PA: the test takes only 8 min to perform and produces results that are easy to read. It appears to be a good confirmatory test for syphilis, especially for point-of-care clinics such as prenatal or sexually transmitted disease clinics. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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